[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Vishnupurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) › 3.6.27 # Vishnupurana 3.6.27 Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.6.27 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.6.27) aṅgāni caturo vedā mīmāṃsā nyāyavistaraḥ purāṇaṃ dharmaśāstraṃ ca vidyā hy etāś caturdaśa // > The four Vedas, the six Angas (or subsidiary portions of the Vedas, viz. Śikshá, rules of reciting the prayers, the accents and tones to be observed; Kalpa, ritual; Vyákarańa, grammar; Nirukta, glossarial comment; Chhandas, metre; and Jyotish, (astronomy), with Mímánsá (theology), Nyáya (logic), Dharma (the institutes of law), and the Puráńas, constitute the fourteen principal branches of knowledge: or they are considered as eighteen, with the addition of these four; the Áyur-veda, medical science (as taught by Dhanwantari); Dhanur-veda, the science of archery or arms, taught by Bhrigu; Gándharba-veda, or the drama, and the arts of music, dancing, &c., of which the Muni Bharata was the author; and the Artha śástram, or science of government, as laid down first by Vrihaspati. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 3.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.6.26) - [Next: 3.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.6.28) - [Up: 3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.6) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.3.6.5) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.3.6.p4) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.6.27) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.6.27) · Pramāṇa