Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c12.s5.3

c12.s5.3

These Vratas which the student has to undergo in the time of his studentship are those of the Ṛigvedins. There are some different Vratas for the followers of the Sāmaveda, which are thus explained by the commentator on Gobhila Gṛihya Sūtra, iii, 1, 28: "The *Upanayana* Vrata has been declared to refer to the study of the Sāvitrī; the *Godāna* Vrata, to the study of the collections of verses sacred to the gods Agni, Indra, and Soma Pavamāna (this is the Pūrvārchika of the Sāmaveda); the *Vrātika-vrata*, to the study of the Āraṇyaka, with the exclusion of the *Śukriya* sections; the *Āditya-vrata*, to the study of the Śukriya sections; the *Aupanishada-vrata*, to the study of the Upanishada-Brāhmaṇa; the *Jaishṭha-sāmika-vrata*, to the study of the Ājya-dohas" [*SBE.*, xxx, p. 69 *n*].