Fleeting stains that temporarily "cover" or accompany mental activity (more precisely, clear light mental activity), thereby preventing the mental activity from simultaneously cognizing the two truths about all phenomena.
Tibetan: ཤེས་སྒྲིབ། shes-sgrib
Sanskrit: jñeyāvaraṇa
J. Hopkins: Obstructions to omniscience
Synonyms: Obscurations about all knowables; Obscurations preventing omniscience
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