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Modern Review October 1911

1911

With the words Bhur Bhuva and Svah the teacher sprinkles water thrice with his joined hands on the joined hands of the student and seizing the student's hands with his own hands holing the right uppermost he murmurs.— "By the impulse of the God Saviior with the arms of the two Aswins with Pushan's hands I initiate thee N. N." Then invoking the blessings of the gods for long life renow [...] "I have learnt from nature that the.four quarters and the earth the sky the"EDUCATION IN ANCIENT INDIA 319 heaven and the ocean and the sun the moon the lightning and the fire and the organs and minds of living beings yea the whole universe was Brahman.--Chhandogya Upanishad. [...] The opening of the school term began with the Upakarnia ceremony on the full moon of the month of Sravana (July and August) (Apastamba i 3 9.) The term closed with the performance of the Utsargana ceremony on the full moon of the month of Pausha (December-January)—Apastamba t 3 99 2 After the Utsargana ceremony had been performed one could study the Vedas during the.light nights of each month un [...] the braying of many asses the cry of a wolf or of a solitary jackal or of an owl sounds of musical instruments of weeping of the samo melodies in case of an eclipse of the sun or the moon of an earthquake of a whirl wind of the fall of a meteor or of a fire in the village &c. [...] All students of the ancient literature of India have heard the name of Janaka the King of the Videhas ; and of his court which was frequented by the most learned men of his time.
government politics public policy
Pages
117
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120016
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-i Ramananda Chatterjee view
Education in Ancient India
315-329 P. Chatterjee view
Song-Words of a Panjabi Singer
329-333 Ananda Coomaraswamy view
History of Aurangzib
333-340 Jadunath Sarkar view
Some Impressions of Indian Music
341-344 R.D. view
A Women’s Movement
344-350 Sarala Devi view
India and the Gold Standard
351-356 M.R. Iyer view
The Development of the Match Industry in Japan
357-358 A. Ghose view
Studies in the Bhagabadgeeta
358-363 Bepin Paul view
Culture of Cotton in the U.S.A. and Japan
363-366 S.N. Bose view
Kashmir and the Kashmiris
366-376 Mukandi Lal view
The Ethnography of the Mundas
376-382 Sarat Roy view
The Ethical Tendencies of Western Civilisation
382-386 Pramatha Bose view
The Man in Turkey
386-391 K.P. Jayaswal view
The Means of Communication in Chandragupta’s Reign
391-397 Norendranath Law view
Comment and Criticism
397-401 E. Willis view
Reviews and Notices of Books
402-404 K.M.J. view
Notes
404-418 unknown view