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Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c11.s1.6

Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c11.s1.6

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c11.s1.6

(1) **Aitareya**, which lays great stress upon keeping its doctrines secret and the importance of those familiar with them. It gives the extant arrangement of the Ṛik-Saṁhitā with the names of its subdivisions; mentions the other Vedas; comments on some hymns on the Rigveda in the manner of a Nirukta; contains some grammatical matter; and names many individual teachers among whom are two Śākalyas, a Kṛishṇa Hārita, and a Pañchālachaṇḍa.

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