āpta
Devanāgarī: आप्त Translation: a credible or authoritative person Related concepts:āgama, vacana, śabdaAppears in
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“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