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

[V Subrahmanian]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM Chyavana Joglekar via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> 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.
>

Namaste

You may read this article where the Taittiriya Upanishad, with the Shankara
Bhashya is annotated in English for the question you raise.  Also, the
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 2.3.6 statement: satyasya satyam -  सत्यस्य सत्यमिति
प्राणा वै सत्यं तेषामेष सत्यम् ॥ ६ ॥   is teaching that there is the
vyavaharika satyam (satyasya) and a Pāramārthika satyam (satyam).  In this
case the prātibhāsika satyam is implied to be within the vyavaharika
satyam.

warm regards
subbu



> Warm regards,
> Chyavana Joglekar
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