Word

Chaturdasavidhyasthanani

Sanskrit

चतुर्दश विद्यास्थानानि

In General

As per the Yajnavalkya smriti (1.3) the 14 branches of Knowledge for spiritual study and practice are called chaturdasavidhyasthanani. They are:

Four Vedas: Rigveda Yajurveda Samaveda Athervaveda

Six Vedangas: Siksha (phonetics), Vyakarana (grammer and linguistics), Chandas (prosody), Niruktha Etymology), Jyotisha (Astrology and Astronomy) and Kalpa (rituals and its practices)

Four Upangas: Nyaya, Mimamsa, Itihasa-Purana, and Dharmasasthra