Prapañca
प्रपञ्चपुंल्लिङ्ग (masculino) · प्र उपसर्ग (pra — adiante) + पञ्च् धातु (pañc — expandir)
prapañca
Metaphysics
AI translationThe manifest world; the manifold expansion
Prapañca is the universe as appearance — the projection of names and forms upon Brahman. It is not illusion in the sense of nonexistence, but dependent appearance: prapañca is real while perceived, but has no own existence separate from Brahman. In Māṇḍūkya 7, turīya is described as 'niṣprapañca' — free from the manifest world; not because it denies it, but because its substrate is Brahman, which is prior to any manifestation.
Occurrence in the corpus
एवं श्रोतव्य आत्माऽयं समाप्तः श्रवणे विधिः ।। अथ मन्तव्य इत्यस्य प्रपञ्चः पर उच्यते ।। २६३ ।।
evaṃ śrotavya ātmā'yaṃ samāptaḥ śravaṇe vidhiḥ || atha mantavya ityasya prapañcaḥ para ucyate || 263 ||
— Brihadaranyaka Bhashya Vartikam →Using this in academic work? Get formal citation
Vishva Vidya (2026). Prapañca (प्रपञ्च). Vishva Vidya — Vedanta. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/prapancha
Vishva Vidya. "Prapañca (प्रपञ्च)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026, https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/prapancha.
Vishva Vidya. "Prapañca (प्रपञ्च)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/prapancha.
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