Mithya
Mithyā (IAST)Translation: "not real / illusory / false"
A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy
Sanskrit: मिथ्या
Transliteration: Mithyā
Translation: "not real; neither real nor unreal; illusory; false; untrue; incorrect (from the verb root mith = "to dispute angrily, altercate")"
Definition: "According to Advaita Vedānta, it has a special status as it is not the real (Sat)—for it is sublatable—and it is not the unreal (Asat)—because it is perceived (unlike a barren woman's son or a square circle)."
Sanskrit: मिथ्यादृष्टि
Transliteration: Mithyā-Dṛṣṭi
Meaning: "wrong views; false vision"
Sanskrit: मिथ्याज्ञान
Transliteration: Mithyā-Jñāna
Meaning: "false knowledge; false cognition"
Sanskrit: मिथ्याज्ञानवासना
Transliteration: Mithyā-Jñāna-Vāsanā
Meaning: "impression of false knowledge"
Sanskrit: मिथ्यात्व
Transliteration: Mithyātva
Meaning: "delusion"
Sanskrit: मिथ्योपाधि
Transliteration: Mithyopādhi
Meaning: "false limitation"
Reference:
- Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
