[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c21.78 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.78 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c21.78 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c21.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.78) Discipline was evidently very rigorous, a breach of the rules being severely punished, irrespective of the status of the pupil, who was sometimes flogged on the back with a bamboo stick.¹⁷ Often the most promising students were given the daughters of the teachers in marriage as a mark of very special favour.¹⁸ Sometimes the teacher and his pupils were invited to a meal at the house of a chief man of the city.¹⁹ The principal teacher was called Disāpāmokkhācariya; under him were assistants, usually chosen from among his students, who were called piṭṭhācariyā.²⁰ - [Previous: v1.c21.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.77) - [Next: v1.c21.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.79) - [Up: v1.c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.78) · Pramāṇa