Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c13.44

c13.44

There was also progress of specialization in other departments of knowledge not directly connected with religion. Pāṇini refers to the School of the *Naṭas*. The formation *Nāṭyam* connotes the literature and practices bearing on the dramatic art [ib.]. Patañjali mentions specialists in instrumental music like the *Mārdaṅgika* [iv, 4, 55]. Pāṇini mentions the specialist in the art of story-telling [*Kāthika*, iv, 4, 102]. Patañjali mentions specialists like the *Aitihāsika* and *Paurāṇika* [iv, 2, 60], the *Vaiyākaraṇa*, and *Mīmāṁsaka* [gloss on ii, 2, 29]. He mentions grammarians of the school of Śākalya [iv, 1, 18 (1)]. He also refers to military schools where the science of the bow was taught [*Dhanushi śikshate*, i, 3, 21 (3)]. It may be noted that he mentions fight with cavalry (*aśvairyuddham*) and with weapons (*asiviryuddham*) [v, 1, 59 (4)].