Education in Ancient India c5.9

c5.9

² Mss. were often unreliable; so there was a prejudice against students, who had not read under a teacher; cf:— पुस्तकप्रत्ययाधीतं नाधीतं गुरुसंनिधौ । आजते न सभामध्ये जारगर्भ इव स्त्रियः ॥ Nārada quoted by Pa. Mā., at I, 38.