the Vedanta doctrine that the phenomenal world is an illusion and Brahma is the sole real entity
(H3) [Printed book page 988,3]
वि-वर्त (vi-varta)—वाद (—vāda) m. a method of asserting the Vedānta doctrine (maintaining the development of the Universe from Brahma as the sole real entity, the phenomenal world being held to be a mere illusion or Māyā; cf. परिणाम-वादा (pariṇāma-vādā)), Madhus. [ID=200292]
वि-वर्त (vi-varta)—वाद (—vāda) m. a method of asserting the Vedānta doctrine (maintaining the development of the Universe from Brahma as the sole real entity, the phenomenal world being held to be a mere illusion or Māyā; cf. परिणाम-वादा (pariṇāma-vādā)), Madhus. [ID=200292]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)