Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c32.s2.9

c32.s2.9

**Six 'Dvāra-Paṇḍitas'.** The gates of the University were guarded by the most erudite of its scholars called *Dvāra-Paṇḍitas*, so that admission to it might not be cheap and its standard of scholarship lowered. There were six such redoubtable 'gatekeepers'. During the reign of Chanaka (A.D. 955-983), we come across the names of the following eminent Logicians acting as 'Gate-keepers', 'Custodians of its Scholarship':
1. Ratnākaraśānti, East Gate.
2. Vāgīśvarakīrti of Benares, West Gate.
3. Naropa, North Gate.
4. Prajñākaramati, South Gate.
5. Ratnavajra of Kāśmīra, First Central Gate.
6. Jñānaśrīmitra of Gauḍa, Second Gate.