# विवर्तवाद (vivartavāda)

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विवर्तवाद (vivartavāda) is a Sanskrit word meaning the Vedanta doctrine that the phenomenal world is an illusion and Brahma is the sole real entity, the Vedantic doctrine that regards Brahman as the only entity and the world as illusory.

- **SLP1:** `vivartavAda`  **IAST:** vivartavāda  **Devanagari:** विवर्तवाद
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivartavada
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vivartavada/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- the Vedanta doctrine that the phenomenal world is an illusion and Brahma is the sole real entity  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (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 ]
- the Vedantic doctrine that regards Brahman as the only entity and the world as illusory  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विवर्तवाद (vivartavāda) [Printed book page 675-37 ] विवर्त - वाद (vivarta-vāda) m. the Vedāntic doctrine that regards Brahman (n.) as the only entity and the world to be illusory. [ ID=35505 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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