The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c10.s13.31

c10.s13.31

So also in the *Śiva Purāṇa*, the *Vāyavīya Saṃhitā*, it is said: "O Romaharṣaṇa! O all-knowing! thou hast obtained through good luck a complete knowledge of all the *Purāṇas* from Vyāsa. The four *Vedas*, the six *Aṃgas*, the *Mīmāṃsā*, the *Nyāya*, the *Purāṇa* and the *Dharma Śāstra* are fourteen *Vidyās*. The *Āyurveda* (medicine), the *Dhanurveda* (archery), the *Gandharvaveda* (music) and the *Arthaśāstra* (the science of wealth) are the additional four, making the *Vidyās* eighteen. Of all these eighteen *Vidyās*, treating of different topics, the original author and direct prophet is the Trident-handed Śiva: such is the saying." (*Śiva Purāṇa*, I. 23).