Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c9.4

c9.4

Art was late in coming under such conditions, but not the higher art of living. Some of the prayers of the Rigveda, like the widely known Gāyatrī mantram [iii, 63, 10; also found in *Sāmaveda* (Uttara, 6, 3) and *Yajurveda* (3, 35; 22, 9; 30, 27)] touch the highest point of knowledge and sustain human souls to this day, while no Hindu, however modernized, will allow a single alteration of their original accents, letters, syllables, or words.