Sunday, April 1, 2012

FOURTEEN SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE

According to tradition, the following are the 14 sources of knowledge (vidyA sthAnam):

(1) 4 Vedas
(2) 6 VedAngas
(3) PurANa
(4) NyAya SAstra
(5) MImAmsa SAstra
(6) Dharma SAstra

PurANa nyAya mImAmsa dharmaSAstrAnga miSritah
VedAh sthAnAni vidyAnAm dharmasya ca caturdaSa
--- YAjnavalkya smrti

angAni VedAscatvaro mImAmsa nyAyavistarah
PurANam dharmaSAstram ca vidyA hyetAscaturdaSa
--- Manu smrti

जय जय श्रीराधे