Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c13.21

c13.21

‘Yaujana-Śatika.’ The *Bṛihadāraṇyaka Upanishad* (see *ante*) mentions a famous teacher in the land of the Madras to whom came pupils from distant countries. We have an interesting confirmation of this evidence regarding the existence of such far-famed teachers in the *Mahābhāshya* [v, 1, 74 (2)] which explains the grammatical formation *Yaujana-śatika* as the designation applied to a *guru* whom pupils seek from distances of hundreds of miles (*yojanaśatādabhigamanamarhati*).