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Apaurusheya (Sanskrit: अपौरुषेय, ), literally means "not of a man" and "superhuman".〔Vaman Shivaram Apte, (''The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary'' ), see apauruSeya〕 The term also means "impersonal, authorless", a context used to describe the Vedas, the earliest scripture in Hinduism.〔D Sharma, Classical Indian Philosophy: A Reader, Columbia University Press, ISBN , pages 196-197〕〔Jan Westerhoff (2009), Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka: A Philosophical Introduction, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0195384963, page 290〕 ''Apaurusheya shabda'' ("impersonal words, authorless") is an extension of ''apaurusheya'' which refers to the Vedas and numerous other texts in Hinduism.〔〔Warren Lee Todd (2013), The Ethics of Śaṅkara and Śāntideva: A Selfless Response to an Illusory World, ISBN 978-1409466819, page 128〕 ''Apaurusheya'' is a central concept in the Vedanta and Mimamsa schools of Hindu philosophy. These schools accept the ''Vedas'' as ''svatah pramana'' ("self-evident means of knowledge"). The Mimamsa school asserts that since the Vedas are composed of words (shabda) and the words are composed of phonemes, the phonemes being eternal, the Vedas are also eternal. 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. ==See also== *Sruti *Acheiropoieta *Revelation *Shabda 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Apauruṣeyā」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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