Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c12.29

c12.29

Upanayana. The formal and regular introduction to education was, however, made by the ceremony of Upanayana, which was ordained for all the castes,¹ Brāhmaṇa, Kshatriya, and Vaiśya, though under different rules. Members of these castes, however, who committed sinful deeds, as also the Śūdras, were not eligible for this ceremony [ib.].