Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c16.2

c16.2

**The Sūtras of Six Systems of Philosophy: their Origins.** The account of Education in the Sūtra period will not be complete without a consideration of what may be gathered about it from a special type and class of Sūtras or aphorisms presenting what are known as the six systems of philosophy. In the history of Hindu thought, and also from the educational point of view, these philosophical Sūtras are possessed of a singular significance and value.