Advait

What does Advait mean?

Advait expresses the Sanskrit idea of ‘non-duality’ or ‘oneness’. The underlying word advaita is associated with non-dual philosophy, giving the name a specifically philosophical context. Its meaning concerns an absence of duality, rather than simply describing something as unusual or unique.

Source: Wiktionary, अद्वैत. How we use sources.

Spelling and pronunciation

अद्वैत is written Advait in Roman letters; advaita is the Sanskrit form with a final vowel. Keep ai together when reading the name. The audio above gives one reading of the vowel and the consonant cluster, which families say differently across languages.