Education in Ancient India c20.1

c20.1

Admission procedure 181. Admission test 81-2, 118. *Agrahāra* villages as centres of education, 139-42. *Aims of education*; 8-20; how far achieved, 242-49. *Aksharasvikaraṇa*, a *Sanskāra* 265-68. Alberuni, on Brahmagupta's dishonesty, 252; on Hindu scholarship, 256-7, 262; on vernacular education, 260. Al-Idrisi, on Indian character, 245. Alms, for students, compulsory for householders, 93 *Annaprāśana*, a *Sanskāra*, 266. Apprentice system, 198-200; in Europe, 200, n. 2. Arabs, borrow Hindu medicine system, 188; on Hindu character, 245. Arts and crafts, training in, 198-202, attitude towards, 127-8, 258. *Āryabhaṭa* on eclipses, 252-3. *Āśramas* as education centres, 32-3 Association, 29-30. Ayurvedic Upanayana 289-91. Astronomy and astrology, 152, 252-3