Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c8.8

c8.8

The term *Veda* is also taken to denote the whole literature made up of two different portions called *Mantra* and *Brāhmaṇa*, as pointed out in the following texts : "*Mantra-Brāhmaṇāt-makaḥ Śabdarāśir Veda iti*," "The Veda is that mass of words which constitute Mantra and Brāhmaṇa works" ; *Mantra-Brāhmaṇayor Vedanāmadheyam* [Āpastamba in *Yajña-pari-bhāshā*], "Mantra and Brāhmaṇa are both called *Veda*."¹