The four prominent Upavedas (each encompassing numerous texts) are...

The four prominent Upavedas (each encompassing numerous texts) are: Arthaveda (statecraft), Ayurveda (health), Dhanurveda (military science) and Gandharvaveda (music and the arts). Also sometimes classed as Upavedas are the Sthapatyaveda (on architecture) and the Kama Shastras (texts on erotic love). See: Arthaveda, Ayurveda, Dhanurveda, Kama Sutra, Gandharvaveda, purushartha, Stapatyaveda.

upaya: (Sanskrit) "Means." A term used in Kashmir Saivism to describe the means to move from individual into universal consciousness. --anavopaya:…