Education in Ancient India c6.s1.11

c6.s1.11

⁵ These were known as Adhyayanavrittis and Vedavrittis and their holders were also required to recite and expound Vedas and Purāṇas for the benefit of the public. At a single village named Kuttalam in Trichinopoly district sixteen endowments were made for this purpose within the short interval of 150 years during the Vijayanagara rule; see S. I. E. R., for 1917, nos. 481 and 487 of 1917.