Education in Ancient India c11.s2.34

c11.s2.34

Buddhism and Female Education in later Times :— We saw how in the earlier period the Buddhist movement gave an indirect impetus to female education and produced a number of nun-poetesses. During this period however we do not come across any nun scholars at all. Nunneries had gone out of vogue by the 4th century A. D.; Chinese pilgrims of the 5th and 7th century A. D. do not refer to them at all. It is interesting to note that in modern Ceylon and Burma also nunneries do not impart instructions to girls as monasteries do to boys. We have therefore to conclude that female education, which was languishing during this period, could not get any impetus from Buddhism also.