Noun
avidya (uncountable)
(Buddhism, Hinduism) Ignorance or delusion.
The greatest error is to call a man a weak and miserable sinner. Every time a person thinks in this mistaken manner, he rivets one more link in the chain of avidya that binds him, adds one more layer to the "self-hypnotism” that lies heavy over his mind. Swami Vivekananda