Samvriti

In Buddhist context, samvriti refers to the conventional, as opposed to absolute, truth or reality. Knowledge is considered as split into three levels: The first being the illusory (called samvriti, parikalpita or pratibhasika according to different schools of thought), considered false compared to the empirical (samvriti, paratantra or vyavaharika), in turn trumped by the transcendental (paramartha or paramarthika). Compare: paramartha
Etymology:
*Sanskrit: saṃvrti
== See also ==
* Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
* Pratītyasamutpāda
== External links ==
*The Transcendent Absolute and Phenomena, search for "Three Grades of Knowledge"
Category:Buddhist philosophical concepts
Category:Buddhist terms
zh:俗諦