Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c12.s6.19

c12.s6.19

felt his study was not adequate, in which case he could return to his teacher to complete it under prescribed discipline [ii, 2, 5, 15: *yayā vidyayā na virocheta punarāchāryamupetya niyamena sādhayet*]. In another place Āpastamba [i, 2, 5, 6] refers to the same Śvetaketu as a rare example amongst the men of later ages (when rules of studentship are always transgressed) of a scholar who became a Ṛishi by his knowledge of the Veda, but, be it noted, that, as shown in the previous passage, he acquired that knowledge as a householder by observing the vow of studentship for some months in the year. This is another confirmation of the conclusion already stated that in what has been called the Brāhmaṇa period, there were agencies and arrangements for the continuance of studies beyond the normal period of formal studentship.