Education in Ancient India c8.s3.6

c8.s3.6

⁴ The *pada-pāṭha* required the students to memorise each word in the Vedic hymns separately after restoring it to its original form. Supposing a, b, and c were the three opening words of a hymn, the *krama-pāṭha* recited them as *ab, bc*, etc., the *jaṭā-pāṭha* as *ab, ba, ab*, etc., and the *ghana-pāṭha* as *ab, ba, abc, cba, abc*. The reader will now get some idea of the onerousness of the task of memorising these *pāṭhas*.