The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.58

c14.58

¹ According to the lawbooks, the completion of the sixteenth year is the time by which the sâvitrî, i.e., the ceremonial introduction into the caste through the utterance of the sâvitrî, must have been performed. The upanayana, on the other hand, the admission of the pupil into the doctrine and thus the beginning of the study, could very well take place in the eighth, sometimes even in the fifth year. Manu, II. 36 sq.