aDyAropaH 1 Raising, elevating &c. 2 (In Vedānta phil. ) Act of attributing falsely or through mistake; erroneously attributing the properties of one thing to another; considering through mistake a rope (which is not really a serpent) to be a serpent, or considering Brahma (which is not really the material world) to be the material world; asarpaBUtarajjO sarpAropavat, ajagadrUpe brahmaRi jagadrUpAropavat, vastuni avastvAropo'DyAropaH Vedāntasāra. 3 Erroneous knowledge.