apara vidya
अपरा विद्या aparā vidyāThe lower knowledge in the Mundaka Upanishad, comprising the four Vedas and their six ancillary sciences, set below para vidya, the knowledge of Brahman.
Where this term appears
- Dakshinamurti: Shiva as the silent guru Deities
There is apara-vidya , the lower knowledge, everything that can be spoken, the grammar and the rituals and the sciences, the whole library.
- The Limbs Treatise
"The lower knowledge," apara vidya , the lower knowledge, and then the list.
- The Mundaka Upanishad: two birds, and the lower knowledge Treatise
Müller). Para and apara vidya .