Education in Ancient India c14.s2.66

c14.s2.66

Medhajanana Ritual :—For three days after the Upanayana, the student was said to remain in an embryonic condition; it was on the fourth day that his spiritual birth took place. The preceptor, who was now in the position of the father, then performed the Medhājanana ritual for sharpening the memory, intellect and grasping power of the student. Prayer was offered that the student should be favoured with an intelligence as attractive as cows, as vigorous as studs and as brilliant as the solar rays; it should be equally effective in mechanical, material and spiritual spheres.¹ Medhājanana ritual marked the termination of the Upanayana ceremony.