[Advaita-l] Śruti Basis for the Threefold Division of Reality

Chyavana Joglekar bhargavachyavana at gmail.com
Tue Oct 21 11:57:24 EDT 2025


Dear members,

Many non-Advaitin schools often allege that the Advaitin division of
reality into pāramārthika, vyāvahārika, and prātibhāsika levels has no
explicit basis in the śruti.

I would like to ask the learned members of this list:
Are there any śruti-s/interpretive passages that can be cited as the
scriptural basis (or at least suggestive antecedents) for this threefold
distinction?

I would be grateful for Any textual references, commentarial discussions,
or relevant interpretive notes.

Warm regards,
Chyavana Joglekar


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