Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c15.4

c15.4

According to Nārada, "When a man yields not the obedience he has promised, it is called a breach of promised obedience, which is a title of law." "Persons bound to obedience are in law declared by the learned to be properly of four kinds, viz. those for science, human knowledge, love, or pay" (Bṛihaspati). Of these, the first class is comprised by the pupils proper who seek the acquisition of the knowledge of "science", i.e. of the Vedas and the like, while the second class by the apprentices or technical students who seek the acquisition of skill in arts or "human sciences" (Nārada).