[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918) › c4.124 # Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals c4.124 Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals c4.124 - **Language:** English ### [c4.124](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c4.124) After the course was completed the pupil performed certain bathing ceremonies, and was called a \*snātaka\*, that is, one who has bathed, and he was now ready to enter upon another of the four \*āśramas\*. In most cases he would marry and become a \*grihastha\*, but some passed at once to the state of a \*vānaprastha\* or \*sannyāsī\*. - [Previous: c4.123](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c4.123) - [Next: c4.125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c4.125) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c4.124](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c4.124) · Pramāṇa