Vedantasara - Verse 32
Sanskrit
असर्पभूतायां रज्जौ सर्पारोपवत् वस्तुनि अवस्त्वारोपः - अध्यारोपः
Swami Nikhilananda's Translation
Adhyaropa is the superimposition of the unreal on the real, like the false perception of a snake in a rope which is not a snake.
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