Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c19.17

c19.17

**A School of Grammar at Tiruvorriyūr.** Inscription No. 202 of 1912 records the endowment of 60 Velis of land (=about 410 acres) for the construction of a separate Hall called *Vyākaraṇa-dānavyākhyāna-maṇḍapa* for the teaching of Pāṇini's grammar and worship of God Vyākaraṇadāna-Perumāl (Śiva) in the Temple at Tiruvorriyūr. This School of Grammar was supported by further gifts recorded in Inscriptions Nos. 110 of 1912, 201 of 1912, 120 of 1912.