The University of Nalanda c13.16

c13.16

This knowledge of grammar, however, was considered too elementary. The student was likened to a waste-land and in order to cultivate his mind, the student, when he reached the age of ten, was taught the Book on the Three Khilas. The study of this book equipped the student with a thorough knowledge of grammar. The first part of the book treated of the seven cases and ten Las, viz., the ten signs with 2 for the verbal tenses, and the eighteen finals, that is, the Ātmanepada and Parasmaipada forms of a verb with first, second and third person. The second part treated of the formation of words by means of combining a root and a suffix. The third part was almost the same as second. "Three years of diligent study" enabled the student to master this book.