pratibhasika
प्रातिभासिक prātibhāsikaThe merely apparent level of reality: the snake seen in the rope, the silver in the shell, the things of a dream, real while they last and then corrected by a truer seeing. Below the vyavaharika, and furthest from the paramarthika.
Where this term appears
- What is Advaita Vedanta? Philosophy
The pratibhasika , the merely apparent level, is the snake in the rope, the silver in the shell, the things in a dream: real while they last, then sublated, shown up, replaced by a truer seeing.
- What is Maya? The World as Appearance Essentials
The lowest level is pratibhasika , the merely apparent, the reality of a dream or of the snake in the rope.