The University of Nalanda c13.23

c13.23

The *Cūrṇi* of Patañjali and the *Bhartṛihari-śāstra*, a work containing 25,000 ślokas, and dealing with the principles of human life as well as of grammatical science, etc., and finally the *Peina* (probably Sanskrit '*Beda*' or *Veda*) were studied, as we said above by advanced students. Since the last mentioned work, viz., the *Peina*, the śloka portion of which was composed by Bhartṛihari, and the commentary portion by Dharmapāla, was read by advanced students also, it appears that all the works were studied by the University students, though perhaps for entrance at Nālandā knowledge of even these was requisite if they thought of proceeding to Nālandā boasting that they were well-informed.³