mithya
मिथ्या mithyāDependently real: real as an appearance, the way a reflection or a dream is real, but not independently or ultimately real in the way Brahman is.
Where this term appears
- What is Advaita Vedanta? Philosophy
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- What is Kashmir Shaivism? Philosophy
Kashmir Shaivism is a non-dual Shaiva philosophy that arose in Kashmir around the ninth and tenth centuries CE. Its central claim is that there is only one reality,…
- Who Was Adi Shankara? Philosophy
…ed: ब्रह्म सत्यं जगन्मिथ्या जीवो ब्रह्मैव नापरः । brahma satyam jagan mithya jivo brahmaiva naparah.
- What is Ganesh Chaturthi? Worship
…hat whoever gazed on the moon on this chaturthi would be smeared with mithya dosha , the blemish of false accusation.
- Advaita, Vishishtadvaita, Dvaita: The Three Vedantas Philosophy
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