The University of Nalanda c13.89

c13.89

Rules about the dress of a Hindu student, that is, a Brahmacārin are given in the Gautama Dharma Sūtra⁴ and many other such Sūtra works and Smṛtis. The form, etc., of the dress was the same whether the student was a Brāhmin, a Kṣatriya or a Vaiśya but the quality of the cloth and other paraphernalia relating to the dress varied according to his caste.