Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c25.23

c25.23

The places of such important discussions which marked cultural and religious life in those days were public halls which are called in Pāli texts *Santhāgāras* or *Samayappavādaka-śālās*. They also mention some places where such discussions actually took place: the Hall in Queen Mallikā's park at Śrāvastī for "discussion of different systems of opinion"; the Gabled Pavilion erected by the Lichchhavis in the Mahāvana outside Vaiśālī; the sweet-smelling Champaka grove on the lake of Queen Gaggarā at Champā; or the Moranivāpa (where peacocks were fed) at Rājagṛiha, a Parivrājaka centre under Sakuladāyī [see my *Hindu Civilization*, pp. 218–224].