Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c11.6

c11.6

To each of these *Brāhmaṇas* is also annexed an *Āraṇyaka* or "forest-portion", i.e. the portion to be studied in the forest by those sages who have become its denizens and do not need to perform sacrifices. The idea is that the *Āraṇyakas* are the vehicles of metaphysical and mystical truths which are best studied in the solitude of the forests and not in the distractions of cities. India has thought her highest in the forests, her civilization is sylvan and not urban, the product of out-of-the-way schools or hermitages.