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Apaurusheya (
Apaurusheya shabda ("impersonal words, authorless") is an extension of apaurusheya which refers to the Vedas and numerous other texts in Hinduism.[2][4]
Apaurusheya is a central concept in the
phonemes, the phonemes being eternal, the Vedas are also eternal.[citation needed] To this, if asked whether all words and sentences are eternal, the Mimamsa philosophers reply that the rules behind combination of phonemes are fixed and pre-determined for the Vedas, unlike other words and sentences. The Vedanta school also accepts this line of argument.[citation needed
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See also
- Sruti
- Acheiropoieta
- Revelation
- Shabda
References
- ^ Vaman Shivaram Apte, The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, see apauruSeya
- ^ a b D Sharma, Classical Indian Philosophy: A Reader, Columbia University Press, ISBN , pages 196-197
- ISBN 978-0195384963, page 290
- ISBN 978-1409466819, page 128
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