Ancient Indian Education: An Enquiry into Its Origin Development and Ideals

The education of the young nobles corresponding to the knightly education of the Middle Ages of Europe and the education of the craftsmen and of women also deserve our attention as well as the system of popular education which grew up at some time in India and was in full swing when education came under the influence and control of the British Government. [...] Although the recitation of the appropriate hymns of praise at the grdinary sacrifices was the special duty of the hotri priest the adhvaryn who performed the manual acts of the sacrifice was required to utter certain ritual formulas (yajiivski) and at different points of the ritual had also to utter certain prayers and praises. [...] NIL I I 2."24 BRA MANIC EDUCATION the Samaveda ali; the fourth the Artharvana as the fifth the Itihasa-purana (the Bharata) ; the Veda of the Vedas (grammar) ; the Pitrya (the rules for the sacrifices for the ancestors); the Raei (the science of numbers) ; the Daiva (the science of portents); the (the science of time); the Vakovakya (logic) ; the Ekayana (ethics) ;.the Devavidya (etymology); th [...] The staves carried also varied according to caste reaching in the case of the Brahman to the crown of the head ; in the case of the Kshatriya to the forehead ; and in the case of the Vairiya to the tip of the nose. [...] The authorities have also a long list of restrictions 2 which prohibit the reading of the Veda when certain occurrences take place as for instance when the wind whirls up dust in the daytime or when the wind is audible at night when the sound of a drum or of a chariot or of a person in pain is heard when there is the barking of dogs and jackals or the chattering of monkeys when the sky was