[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897) › c13.13 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c13.13 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c13.13 - **Language:** English ### [c13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.13) Often the \*purohita\* is the teacher and guide of the king in his youthful days; in the Tillamuṭṭhi Jātaka we read that the king makes the teacher who has taught him in Takkasilâ his \*purohita\* and looks upon him as if he was his father and follows his advice (II. 282). Still the \*purohita\* probably got the title of \*ācariya\*, not from his capacity as teacher of the prince; he rather figured, even after his pupil had ascended the throne, still as his teacher, for a king did not apparently consider his spiritual education over with the termination of his studies and let himself be taught further by his \*purohita\* and given instruction in the Vedas (Bârâṇasirâjâ puro hittassa santike mante gaṇhâti \[P. 111.\] III. 28). - [Previous: c13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.12) - [Next: c13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.14) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13) ## Linked texts (1) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.253) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.13) · Pramāṇa