Viveka is discernment — the ability to distinguish between what is eternal and what is temporary. It is the first and most essential qualification for Self-knowledge.

Vivarta-vada is Advaita Vedanta’s teaching that the world is only an apparent transformation of Brahman, like a snake seen in a rope — the substratum is never truly changed.

Vishva is the jiva as the waker, identified with the body and senses in waking life. It is the microcosmic counterpart of Virat, the cosmic gross body.

Virat is the universal gross body — the entire physical cosmos seen as one living organism. It expands the seeker’s vision from individuality to totality.

Viparita-bhavana is the persistence of old contrary habits even after Self-knowledge — the feeling of smallness despite knowing one is limitless awareness.

Viparyaya is maya's power of reversal — mistaking the finite body for the Self and the dependent world for reality. Self-knowledge corrects this inversion.