[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Education in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2) › c8.s3.6 # Education in Ancient India c8.s3.6 Education in Ancient India c8.s3.6 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.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\*. - [Previous: c8.s3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c8.s3.5) - [Next: c8.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c8.s3.7) - [Up: c8.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c8.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c8.s3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c8.s3.6) · Pramāṇa