Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c6.s2.47
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c6.s2.47
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c6.s2.47
INSTRUCTION. Instruction by the teacher seems to have been imparted at times convenient to the students, and light and lucky days were observed in giving it,⁷ reminding us of the ‘anadhyāya’ system of the Upaniṣadic times. As pointed out before, the poorer students performed menial work for the school during the day time, and received instruction at night⁸. Possibly, the day-scholars also learnt the sippas at night.⁹ The ācariyabhāgadāyakas were treated like the eldest sons in the house, and were given schooling on every light and lucky day.¹⁰