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'''Anava''' ({{langx|sa|आणवा|āṇavā}}) (from "anu", meaning an atom or an exceedingly small entity) is a state - the consciousness of the ego, the sense of "I" and "mine". This represents a sense of individuality and a separation from a general existence of any "divine plan". One of the three bondages or {{Transliteration|sa|[[pāśa]]}}s: {{Transliteration|sa|anava}}, [[karma]] and [[Maya (religion)|maya]]. In [[Shaivism]], '''anava''' is the cause of the individual soul's mistaken sense of separate identity from Universal God [[Shiva]], and the last bond broken before union ([[yoga]]) or [[self-realization]] ([[moksha]]). The three bondages are also explicitly discussed in the [[tantra]]s of [[Shaktism]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/anava|title=Anava, Āṇava, Āṇavā, Aṇava, Ānava: 5 definitions|last=www.wisdomlib.org|date=2015-10-25|website=www.wisdomlib.org|access-date=2019-05-19}}</ref>

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