Pratibhasika
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Pratibhasika (Sanskrit) [from prati-bhas to look like from the verbal root bhas to appear] Appearing as the similitude of something, hence illusory. In Vedanta philosophy, one of the three kinds of existence: the apparent or illusory life. See also PARAMARTHIKA; VYAVAHARIKA
In Buddhist context, samvriti refers to the conventional truth, as opposed to absolute,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
