Sanskrit

विपर्ययो मिथ्याज्ञानमतद्रूपप्रतिष्ठम्

Transliteration (IAST)

viparyayo mithyā-jñānam atad-rūpa-pratiṣṭham

Word by word

viparyayaḥ

error

mithyā-jñānam

false knowledge

atad-rūpa

not the true form (of its object)

pratiṣṭham

established on; based on

Translation

Error is false knowledge not based on the true form of its object.

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