[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana) › [General works and doxographies](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all) › [Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha~en-mt) › 12.18 # Sarvadarshanasangraha 12.18 English (machine translation) 12.18 - **Language:** English ### [12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha~en-mt.12.18) This very topic is now set forth following the doctrine of the Guru (Prabhākara). In the text, "One should initiate an eight-year-old Brahmin; one should teach him," teaching appears as the object of the injunction. And an injunction requires an eligible agent. If it is asked: who is the eligible agent here? \[The answer is:\] only one who desires the status of a teacher. For, according to Pāṇini's rule "saṃmānana…" and so on, when the status of a teacher is understood, the Ātmanepada ending is prescribed for the verbal root nī. The eligible agent in initiation is the very one in teaching as well, since they have a single purpose. For this very reason, it has been stated by the sage Manu: - [Previous: 12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha~en-mt.12.17) - [Next: 12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha~en-mt.12.19) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha~en-mt.12) ## Translations (1) - [The Sarva-darśana-saṃgraha, or Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha~en-cowell.12.p9) — Edward Byles Cowell & Archibald Edward Gough 1882, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha.12.18) — Mādhava, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha~en-mt.12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha~en-mt.12.18) · Pramāṇa