Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c17.66

c17.66

**Arjuna as Teacher of his son Abhimanyu and other Princes.** The same kind of military training was also the portion of the next generation of princes. "That powerful boy (Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna) became equal to his father in counteracting the weapons hurled on him in great lightness of hand, in fleetness of motion forward and backward, and in traversing and wheeling." He "learnt from Arjuna the science of arms with its four branches and ten divisions ... and he also became learned in the Vedas." Again: "All their rites of infancy and childhood, according to the ordinances, such as Chūḍākaraṇa and Upanayana were duly performed by Dhaumya. After having studied the Vedas those princes (sons of Draupadī) of excellent behaviour and vows learnt from Arjuna the use of all the weapons" [i, 223].