[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947) › c8.27 # Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c8.27 Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c8.27 - **Language:** English ### [c8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c8.27) The Brāhmaṇa texts are marked by a twofold subject-matter, viz. (1) \*Vidhi\* (Injunction) and (2) \*Arthavāda\*. As defined by Āpastamba, "Brāhmaṇa texts are those which are injunctive of some action (\*Karmachodanā Brāhmaṇāni\*) \[\*Yajña. Pari. Su.\*, 32, 33\], while their remainder is known as \*Arthavāda\*." \*Vidhis\*, again, are of two kinds: (1) \*Apravṛittapravartanam\*, "enjoining an act which may not be performed," and (2) \*Ajñāta-jñāpanam\*, "making known what is unknown." Of these, the first kind of \*Vidhi\* relates to rituals dealt with in the \*Karmakāṇḍa\* of the Veda. These \*Vidhi-Vākyas\* are the source of Dharma (\*Vidhivākyaṁ Dharme pramāṇam\*). The other kind of Vidhi, which imparts new knowledge, belongs to the Brahma-Kāṇḍa of Veda, e.g. the knowledge that "Atman alone is the only Reality that existed" (\*Ātmā vā idameka evāgra āsīt\* in \*Ait. Ār.\*, ii, 4, 1). - [Previous: c8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c8.26) - [Next: c8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c8.28) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c8) ## Linked texts (2) - [Aitareyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.aitareya.2.4.1) — Sanskrit - [Āpastambaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.apastamba) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c8.27) · Pramāṇa