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Detailed explanation-1: -Adhyāsa (Sanskrit: Superimposition) is a concept in Hindu philosophy referring to the superimposition of an attribute, quality, or characteristic of one entity onto another entity. In Advaita Vedanta, Adhyasa means a false superimposition of the characteristics of physical body (birth, death, skin color etc.)

Detailed explanation-2: -Avidya in the earliest Vedic texts is ignorance, and in later Vedic texts evolves to include anything that is a “positive hindrance” to spiritual or nonspiritual knowledge. In the Upanishads, the concept includes “lack of knowledge, inadequate knowledge and false knowledge".

Detailed explanation-3: -Classical Advaita Vedānta states that all reality and everything in the experienced world has its root in Brahman, which is unchanging Consciousness. To Advaitins, there is no duality between a Creator and the created universe.

Detailed explanation-4: -Advaita Vedantic tradition recognizes three levels/degrees of reality/experience, namely, the prathibhasika(subjective experience), the vyavaharika(empirical experience) and the paramarthika(ultimate spiritual experience).