andha kāra saṁcaya

andha kāra saṁcaya literally means “a mass/accumulation of darkness,” often used metaphorically for deep ignorance or spiritual obscurity.

Breaking down the phrase

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. The meaning can be derived from standard Sanskrit morphology:

• andha — “blind, dark” (commonly used in compounds to mean dark or blinding).
• kāra — from kāra meaning “making, doing,” but in compounds like andhakāra it forms the well‑known word andhakāra = darkness (literally “that which makes blind”).
• saṁcaya — “collection, heap, accumulation.”

Meaning of the full compound

Putting these together:

• andhakāra = darkness
• saṁcaya = accumulation, mass, heap

So andhakāra‑saṁcaya means:

• “a mass of darkness”
• “an accumulation of darkness”
• Figuratively: “a state of deep ignorance, delusion, or obscuration.”

This figurative sense is common in Sanskrit philosophical and devotional literature, where darkness symbolizes avidyā (ignorance) and light symbolizes knowledge or liberation.

How it is used

You may encounter the phrase in:

• poetic descriptions of night or literal darkness
• philosophical or devotional texts describing ignorance that must be dispelled by knowledge or divine grace
• commentarial literature contrasting andhakāra-saṁcaya with jñāna-prakāśa (“the light of knowledge”)

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