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असुरविद्या (asuravidyA)

 
Vedic Reference
English
Asura-vidyā, ‘the science of the Asuras, the term used in
the Śāṅkhāyana and Āśvalāyana^1 Śrauta Sūtras as the equiva-
lent of the term māyā employed in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, ^2
clearly means ‘magic, as it is rendered by Professor Eggeling.^3
1) x. 7.
2) xiii. 4, 3, 11. Cf. Śāṅkhāyana
Śrauta Sūtra, x. 61, 2. 21.
3) Sacred Books of the East, 44,
368.