Simulation-Class Ontologies and Vedantic Metaphysics: A Structural-Comparative Analysis of the Bhagavad Gita

This study investigates whether the metaphysical architecture of the Bhagavad Gita exhibits structural properties characteristic of simulation-class ontologies (SCOs). Through a formalized Ontological Feature Matrix (OFM) with operationalized scoring criteria and control cases, it demonstrates that the Gita scores 17/18 on SCO criteria while Neoplatonism scores 9/18 and Epicureanism scores 0/18. The study introduces consciousness-native simulation-class ontology (CNSO) as an analytical category and finds that the points where the analogy breaks are more philosophically illuminating than the correspondences.