Basant Panchami is dedicated to Devi Saraswati, the Goddess of Vidya. Learning, according to ancient wisdom, is of two types – Vidya and Avidya.
Let’s explore these two.
Vidya and Avidya
अन्यदेवाहुर्विद्यया अन्यदाहुरविद्यया ।इति शुश्रुम धीराणां येनस्तद्विचचक्षिरे ॥
anyadevāhurvidyayā anyadāhuravidyayā |iti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṃ yenastadvicacakṣire ||
One result they say is obtained by Vidya, and another result, they say, is obtained by Avidya, thus have we heard from the wise ones who explained it to us.
(Isha-Upanishad, Verse 10)
The knowledge in the fields of science, arts, politics, economics, social sciences – all the university disciplines – is called
