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Definition: Misperception; incorrect knowledge.

Insights: Viparyaya is the misperception or wrong knowledge that distorts our understanding of reality. It is one of the main obstacles on the yogic path and is overcome through discriminative wisdom (viveka).

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1.8

viparyayo mithyājñānam atadrūpa pratiṣṭham

Importance: 6/10

Wrong knowledge is a false conception of a thing whose real form does not correspond to such a conception.

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