Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c32.s1.39

c32.s1.39

**Special Provision for Hiuen Tsang.** Among the privileges pertaining to the status attained by Hiuen Tsang are mentioned. the supply of menial servants and of a riding elephant (ib., p. 110). Two attendants were allowed to Hiuen Tsang, one of whom was a Māṇava and another a Brahmachārī. I-tsing saw the "venerable and learned priests at Nālandā ride in sedan-chairs but never on horse-back, while their necessary baggage is carried by other persons or taken by boys" (probably the Māṇavas and Brahmachārīs) (p. 30). The menial staff of the monastery included "porters" (p. 145).