Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c23.7

c23.7

The schools of abstract philosophy grew ultimately to sixteen in the time of Madhavacharya (1350), “though as a southerner,” says Haraprasad Sastri “he omits the two Shaiva schools of Kashmir and puts the school of Buddhist philosophy into one.” There were 15 different schools of grammar in the sixth century B.C., 10 different schools of politics and economics in the fourth century B.C., various schools of dramaturgy and dancing in the second century B.C., and also various schools of *Kama* or sexology about the same time.