Three (Ontological) Orders of Reality, According To Advaita
1.The transcendental or the Pāramārthika level, in which Brahman is the only reality and nothing else;
2.The empirical/objective or the Vyāvahārika level, in which both Jiva (living beings or individual souls) and Isvara are empirically real. Here, the material world has empirical (transactional) reality, not absolute reality, since it is dependent on Brahman.
3.The apparent or the Prātibhāsika level, which is subjective,like illusion of a snake over a rope or a dream. Ajativada takes it to a more clear level....
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