Education in Ancient India c14.s2.23

c14.s2.23

¹ The selection of these particular ages seems to have been due to the rather fortuitous circumstance of the syllables of each line of the Savitri Mantras of these castes being 8, 11 and 12 respectively. Cf. ब्राह्मणादिवर्णसंबंधिनां छंदसां पादाक्षरसंख्यैरब्दैरुपणयनस्य विधेः ( कार्य- वात् ) । Medhatithi on Manu, II. 38. Cf. also VMS., p. 344.