Dṛṣṭi-Sṛṣṭi-Vāda | The Theory that Perception is Creation

Drishti-Srishti-Vada

Dṛṣṭi-Sṛṣṭi-Vāda (IAST)
Translation: "the theory that perception is creation"

A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy
Sanskrit: दृष्टिसृष्टिवाद
Transliteration: Dṛṣṭi-Sṛṣṭi-Vāda
Translation: "the theory that "perception is creation""
Definition:

1. According to Advaita Vedānta, a theory that regards the entire world as the fabrication of the individual's intellect. Before the objects of experience are perceived, they are held to be non-existent. The world is created by an imaginer who imagines it.

Reference:

1. Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press