Avidyasrava, Avidyāsrava, Avidya-asrava: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: Abhidharmakosa-Bhasya of VasubandhuAvidyāsrava (अविद्यास्रव) refers to the “ignorance flux” and represents one of the three fluxes (āsrava), according to Dharmaśrī’s Abhidharmahṛdaya 86 and the Saṃyuktābhidharmahṛdaya 196, 200-3.—The ninety-eight proclivities (anuśaya) with the ten envelopments (paryavasthāna) constitute, according to the sūtra: [e.g., the ignorance flux (avidyāsrava)] [...].—Accordingly, “From the preceding, the result is that the ignorances (avidyā) of the three realms, in total fifteen real entities (dravya), constitute the ignorance flux (avidyāsrava)”.
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