[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s3.217 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.217 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.217 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s3.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.217) Bhūta-vidyā is one of the sciences enumerated in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad.¹ It seems to mean the ‘science of creatures’ that trouble men, and of the means of warding them off, ‘demonology.’ - [Previous: v2.c4.s3.216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.216) - [Next: v2.c4.s3.218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.218) - [Up: v2.c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.217) · Pramāṇa