Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c15.29

c15.29

In (10) we have a reference to the third variety in the methods of educational organization. Where a preceptor would not admit a pupil for his inability to maintain him and yet is regarded as indispensable for his education, the pupil was allowed to bring his own means of maintenance with him and become a paying member of his preceptor's family. The text pictures to us a dutiful brother, himself devoid of learning, being anxious for the learning of a more promising brother whom he supports at school by his own self-sacrifice which is duly recognized and rewarded in law.