Aśuddhatā, (Sanskrit: अशुद्धता, Aśuddhatā, lit. means "impurity") is a term most often used by Hindus in India, means ritual impurity or uncleanness. Hindus believe in a duality of purity and impurity. They think that people are both pure and impure and they understand that a person cannot be entirely one or the other. While impurity has a negative connotation, “impurities are thought to be part of everyday life and all humans alternate between relative purity (suddhatā) and relative impurity (aśuddhatā). It is therefore best that these impurities be avoided as much as possible.