āpta

Devanāgarī: आप्त Translation: a credible or authoritative person Similar words:samāpti, āpti, samāpta Related concepts:āgama, vacana, śabda

Appears in

Sāṃkhya Kārikā:

4 , 5 , 6

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Commentaries around

“Knowledge of what is beyond the range of the senses
is from inference based on generalised correlation;
and knowledge not attainable even by that is attained
though the eyes of another or authentic texts.”
– Paul Harvey on Sāṃkhya Kārikā Āryā Six

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