The Bengal Renaissance - pg. 166
It is Akshay Kumar's rationalist understanding of religion
that tended him to examine a prevalent claim among his
co-religionist Brahmas that the Vedas were infallible because
the contents thereof, emanated from God Himself. He ultimately
opposed this view. He insisted that the Vedas were "Paurusheya'
or man-made and also not infallible. There was a prolonged
controversy with Debendranath Tagore who from the beginning
maintained the doctrines of God-given (Apaurusheya) and
infallible (Abhranta) Vedas.
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