Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c15.6

c15.6

Bṛihaspati describes the subjects of study of the pupil proper to be the triple science, Ṛik, Yajus, and Sāma-Vedas. "For these let him pay obedience to a spiritual teacher, as directed by the law." This means that, as the commentator points out, "he who yields it not may be reproved or chastised by the teacher, and the preceptor offends not."