Education in Ancient India c14.s2.28

c14.s2.28

² नातिषोडशर्षमुपनयीत प्रसृष्टवृषणो ह्येष वृषलीभूतो भवति। J. Gr. S., 1. 12. The upper limit of 22 and 24 permitted for the Kshatriyas and Vaishyas is due simply to the doubling of their normal age. The readiness of Mitramisra, a 17th century writer, to permit Upanayana upto the age of 24, 33 and 36 seems to be due to the exigencies of the age, when some persons like Shivaji were performing the ritual, when reminded about it, or when it became absolutely necessary. VMS., 351.