Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c16.242

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c16.242

(*b*) *Svādhyāya*. This is repetition of purifying formulae such as the *Praṇava* (Praṇavādi-pavitrāṇāṁ japaḥ), or study of the literature on liberation (Moksha-śāstrādhyayanam). As samples of this literature, Vāchaspati Miśra cites the Purusha-Sūkta [*Rv.*, x, 90], the Rudra-maṇḍala [*Taittirīya Saṁhitā*, iv, 5], or the *Brahma-pārāyaṇa* of *Vishṇu Purāṇa*, i, 15.

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Kṛṣṇayajurvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
Viṣṇupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit