Education in Ancient India c17.6

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c17.6

Fourteen Vidyas: During the Pauranic period, a person was regarded as a distinguished scholar if he had mastered fourteen Vidyās. These were usually taken to be 1-4 Vedas, 5-10 Shadangas, 11 Dharma-śāstra (sacred and secular law) 12 Purānas; 13 Mīmānsā (science of exegis) and 14 Tarka (logic)

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