Education in Ancient India c14.s2.7

c14.s2.7

² See *VMS*, p. 361. The difficulty created by the impossibility of the recitation of Vedic hymns by a deaf and dumb person was got over by the theory that they may be recited by the teacher on behalf of the dumb student. बटुपठनीयानां मंत्राणामाचार्य प्रत्यैव पाठो विधीयते । *Ibid.* Some writers like Śankha-Likhita however did not agree with this view; cf. नोन्मत्तसूकान्संस्कुर्यात् । Quoted in *VMS*., p. 406