Idam | "this"

Idam

Idam (IAST)
Translation: "this"
From Mandukya Upanishad (Verse 1, 11)

A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy
Sanskrit: इदम्
Transliteration: Idam
Translation: "this"
Definition:

1. The Veda often uses this term to refer to the manifested universe.
2. Advaita Vedānta uses this term to refer to the foundation (Adhiṣṭhāna) of illusions. The “this” in the perception of a snake superimposed upon a rope, is the rope which is the basis of the illusion of the snake.

Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads (Swami Sharvananda)
Sanskrit: इदम्
Transliteration: Idam
Translation: "this"


References:

1. Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press
2. Sharvananda, Swami (1920). Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads: With Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-For-Word Literal Translation, English, Rendering and Comments. Mylapore, Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math