advaya

Sanskrit Adjective

advaya

nonduality

अद्वय

གཉིས་མེད་

不二

Basic Meaning

Literally, "without duality," it refers to that which is indivisible, in that it is not divided into two.

Has the Sense of

Often used to reference the ultimate truth, which is beyond dualistic conceptions, such as subject and object and so forth.

Term Variations
Key Term	advaya
Topic Variation	advaya
Tibetan	གཉིས་མེད་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	gnyis med
Devanagari Sanskrit	अद्वय
Romanized Sanskrit	advaya
Chinese	不二
Chinese Pinyin	bu’er, bù èr
Japanese Transliteration	funi
Buddha-nature Site Standard English	nonduality
Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term	nondual
Richard Barron's English Term	nondual, nonduality
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term	non-duality, non-dualistic
Alternate Spellings	gnyis su med pa
Term Information
Source Language	Sanskrit
Basic Meaning	Literally, "without duality," it refers to that which is indivisible, in that it is not divided into two.
Has the Sense of	Often used to reference the ultimate truth, which is beyond dualistic conceptions, such as subject and object and so forth.
Term Type	Adjective
Definitions
Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism	See page 20 - 21: In Sanskrit, “nonduality”; one of the common synonyms for the highest teachings of Buddhism and one of the foundational principles of the Mahāyāna presentation of doctrine. Nonduality refers to the definitive awareness achieved through enlightenment, which transcends all of the conventional dichotomies into which compounded existence is divided (right and wrong, good and evil, etc.). Most specifically, nondual knowledge (advayajñāna) transcends the subject-object bifurcation that governs all conventional States of consciousness and engenders a distinctive type of awareness that no longer requires an object of consciousness.
Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary	inseparable, nondual, nonduality, indivisible, not two.