Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals c5.116

c5.116

The daughters of wealthy landholders received sometimes some education from their fathers or family priests. There were also no doubt some women who broke through the barriers which shut them out from learning, and Ward¹ mentions one Hati Vidyālaṅkāra, a Kulīn Brāhman widow, who removed from Bengal to Benares and obtained many pupils there. Many female ascetics and mendicants also are said to know some Sanskrit and a still greater number to be conversant with the popular poems in the dialects of the country.