Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c17.16

c17.16

It is thus evident that while study is binding upon all belonging to the three twice-born castes (making up the majority of the entire Indian population), a life of learning or an intellectual career is not prescribed for all. The Kshatriya is destined for the political, and the Vaiśya for the economic career. In Adam Smith's phraseology, the former is for "defence" and the latter for "opulence."