Brahmavidya
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Brahmavidya (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मविद्या, romanized: Brahmavidyā, lit. 'knowledge of the Ultimate Reality')[1] is a branch of Hindu scriptural knowledge derived primarily through a study of the Upanishads,[2] the Brahma Sūtras, and the Bhagavad Gita.[3]
In the Puranas, this is divided into two branches, the first one dealing with the Vedic mantras and is called para-vidya or 'former knowledge', and the latter dealing with the study of the Upanishads and is called the apara-vidya or 'latter knowledge'. Both para- and apara-vidya constitute brahma-vidya. The Mundaka Upanishad says that "Brahma-vidya sarva-vidya pratistha", which means "The Knowledge of Brahman is the foundation of all knowledge."