Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s14.2

c11.s14.2

He became a recluse, found shelter in Gaṅgāmūla forest (near Mangalore) and ran a Sanskrit *pāṭhaśālā* over there. He was forced to quit this place also and became a life-long pilgrim with his wife and three children, youngest of them was Ramabai, a few months of age. Sitting on her mother's lap, Ramabai learnt *Aṣṭādhyāyī* and some thousands of Sanskrit verses including *Gītā* from her father. Anant Shastri won instant admiration of the folk because of his saintly life and command over Sanskrit texts, but had to run from pillar to post as people were antagonized due to his progressive outlook in teaching women.