[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v7.c91.20 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.20 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.20 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c91.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.20) ¹⁴⁶¹ द्वे विद्ये वेदितव्ये इति ह स्म यद् ब्रह्मविदो वदन्ति परा चैवापरा च । तत्रापरा ऋग्वेदो यजुर्वेदः सामवेदोऽथर्ववेद. शिक्षा कल्पो व्याकरणं निरुक्तं छन्दो ज्योतिषमिति । अथ परा यया तदक्षरमधिगम्यते ॥ मुण्डकोप० I 1 4-5, प्लवा ह्येते अदृढा यज्ञरूपा अष्टादशोक्तमवरं येषु कर्म । एतच्छ्रेयो येऽभिनन्दन्ति मूढा जरामृत्युं ते पुनरेवापियन्ति ॥ मुण्डकोप० I. 2 7. The 18 are the 16 priests, the sacrificer and his wife. In his भाष्य on Vedāntasūtra I 2 21 Śaṅkarācārya holds that this verse is part of the condemnation of \*aparā vidyā\*. - [Previous: v7.c91.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.19) - [Next: v7.c91.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.21) - [Up: v7.c91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91) ## Cites (1) - [Muṇḍakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.1.1.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.20) · Pramāṇa