Summary: the time of non-perception does not warrant the theory of illusion as one thing appearing as another. The Sankarites also hold that the illusion is capable of present- ing an object as it is, and that the illusory object and the real object both appear simultaneously. They argue that the illusory object is capable of being perceived, and therefore it is not mere non-existence. This difference in interpretation of the theory of illusion is a fundamental point of divergence between the Visistadvaita and Advaita schools of philosophy. While the former views illusion as the appearance of reality in an illusory form, the latter sees it as the appearance of an illusory object as reality. Therefore, the concept of illusion in the Visistadvaita school is more aligned with the idea of God as the ultimate reality manifesting in various forms, including the illusory perception of the world.