Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c9.33

c9.33

In this connection Jaimini has an interesting Sūtra [i, 2, 48], *Vidyāvachana-Saṁyogāt*, on which he instances the case of a girl *Pūrṇikā* husking in a room where a student was reciting the words of the Veda without reference to their meaning. Here was thus the operation of husking going on to the accompaniment of the relevant Mantra being recited by a Vedic pupil without any connection between the two operations (Veda-Vidyāgrahaṇa -kāle arthasya yadavachanaṁ tadyajñasaṁyogādupapadyate | Na hi Pūrṇikāyā avaghāto yajñasaṁyuktaḥ | Nāpi māṇavako yajñamanutishṭhati).