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Apaurusheya (Sanskrit: अपौरुषेय,apauruṣeya, lit. means "not of a man"), meaning "not of human"[1] or "impersonal, authorless", is a term used to describe theVedas, the earliestscripture inHinduism.[2][3]
Apaurusheya shabda ("impersonal words, authorless") is an extension ofapaurusheya which refers to the Vedas and numerous other texts in Hinduism.[2][4]
Apaurusheya is a central concept in theVedanta andMimamsa schools ofHindu philosophy. These schools accept theVedas assvatah pramana ("self-evidentmeans of knowledge"). The Mimamsa school asserts that since the Vedas are composed of words (shabda) and the words are composed ofphonemes, 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 predetermined for the Vedas, unlike other words and sentences. The Vedanta school also accepts this line of argument.[citation needed]
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