| '''Parā Vidyā''' ([[Sanskrit]]: परा विद्या) is a combination of two words – ''parā'', in [[Hindu philosophy]], means - existence, paramount object, the highest point or degree, final beatitude; and ''vidyā'' means - knowledge, philosophy, science, learning, scholarship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sanskrit-English Dictionary| publisher=Spokensanskrit.de|url= http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?page=4}}</ref> ''Para Vidya'' means – higher learning or learning related to the Self or the Ultimate Truth i.e. transcendental knowledge.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Dictionary of Spiritual Words|url= http://www.dictionaryofspiritualterms.com/public/Glossaries/terms.aspx?ID=736 }}</ref> [[Vedanta]] affirms that those who gain the knowledge of the Self attain [[kaivalya]], they become liberated, they become [[Brahman]]. | | '''Parā Vidyā''' ([[Sanskrit]]: परा विद्या) is a combination of two words – ''parā'', in [[Hindu philosophy]], means - existence, paramount object, the highest point or degree, final beatitude; and ''vidyā'' means - knowledge, philosophy, science, learning, scholarship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sanskrit-English Dictionary| publisher=Spokensanskrit.de|url= http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?page=4}}</ref> ''Para Vidya'' means – higher learning or learning related to the Self or the Ultimate Truth i.e. transcendental knowledge.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Dictionary of Spiritual Words|url= http://www.dictionaryofspiritualterms.com/public/Glossaries/terms.aspx?ID=736 }}</ref> [[Vedanta]] affirms that those who gain the knowledge of the Self attain [[kaivalya]], they become liberated, they become [[Brahman]]. |