[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953) › c8.s2.2 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s2.2 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.2) \*BRAHMACHĀRIN\*—Brahmacharya denoted the condition or life of a Brahmachārin or religious student. The institution of \*Brahmacharya\* was known to Pāṇini in its full development. He refers to educational institutions known as the \*Charaṇa\* or Vedic schools devoted to the study of some major recension (\*āmnāya\*) of the Vedas together with its accessory and subordinate literature (IV.3.126). The Brahmachārins congregated for study at a \*Charaṇa\* which was run under the direction of one great teacher or Vedic exponent. From the manner of Pāṇini's reference to this organisation it appears that the Brahmachārins looked upon their \*Charaṇa\* as their \*alma mater\*, and were attached to it by permanent bonds of common fellowship with other members of the same school, all distinguished as \*sabrahmachārins\* (\*Charaṇe Brahmachāriṇi\*, VI. 3.86). - [Previous: c8.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.1) - [Next: c8.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.3) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi.4.3.126) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.2) · Pramāṇa