Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c12.s2.10

c12.s2.10

'Medhajanana.' After three days' observance of the Sāvitrī Vrata, the ceremony of Upanayana is ended by the performance of the *Medhājanana* rite whereby the gods are invoked for the development of the Brahmachārī's mental powers [*Bhāradvāja Gr. S.*, i, 10]. Then Brahmacharya or studentship formally begins under prescribed conditions governing the life and studies of the pupil dwelling in his teacher's house.