Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c19.29

c19.29

The Inscriptions describe the subjects of study to comprise "the four Vedas with their Aṅgas and Upāṅgas; Mīmāṁsā, Lokāyata, Bauddha, Sāṁkhya, Vaiśeshika, and other Śāstras and Āgamas; eighteen Smṛitis, Purāṇas, Kāvyas, and Nāṭakas. Sk. 92 and 96 describe how learned was the Head of the Kodiya Maṭha at Belgami, named Vāmāśakti. He was a Pāṇini in Grammar, Bharata in Drama and Music, Subandhu or Māgha in Poetry, and Nakulīśvara in Siddhānta.