Tulsi Prajna 2003 01

SR No.: 524614
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 2003
Total Pages: 122
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 6 MB

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if not in practice. The father appears to be the first teacher. Normally the age of admission to a school was seven. Prince Gautama was taught, amongst other things, the various branches of military training like arrowshooting, weilding the sword, feast fighting, arm fighting etc. There is a long list of 72 topics which were taught to a prince :
1. writing, 2. arithmetic, 3. singing, 4. dancing, 5. reading, 6. music, 7. grammar, 8. prosody, 9. astronomy, 10. phonetics, 11. etymology, 12. ritual, 13. lexicography, 14. cutting of leaves, 15. cutting of nails, 16. testing of jems, 17. use of weapons, 18. riding elephant, 19. riding horses, 20. learning the use of arrows, 21. science of mantra, 22. science of surgical instrument, 23. alchemy, 24. mining, 25. chemistry, 26. science, 27. logic, 28. siddhanta, 29. the science of curing poison, 30. the cure of snake bites, 31. reading omens from the flight and cry of birds, 32. medicine, 33. the science of teaching, 34. traditional doctrine, 35. architecture, 36. palmistry, 37. law, 38. purāņam, 39. anecdotes, 40. Vedas, 41. injunction, 42. interpretation of learning, 43. philosophy, 44. yogic practice, 45. black arts, 46. magic, 47. occult practice, 48. cunning-art, 49. perfumery, 50. treatment of plant-diseases, 51. manufacture of artificial jems, 52. sundry art, 53. enchanting, 54. trade or business, 55. painting, 56. carpentry, 57. stone work, 58. ointment, 59. leather work, 60. manufacture of machines or implements, 61. poetry, 62. rhetoric, 63. comic, 64. Sanskrit, 65. Prakrits, 66. witchcraft, 67. Apabhramśa prakrit, 68. art of tricks, 69. spoken dialects, 70. metal-work, 71. the mode of recitation, 72. the rule of the Kevalins.**
It is clear that such a vast curricula of a diverse nature could not have been meant for monks and nuns but only for the householders. There must have been specialist to teach these subjects of diversified nature. These subjects can be broadly classified as follows.
1.
Subjects meant for all i.e. three r's (writing, arithmetic and
reading)
Subjects connected with Vedangas
Fine arts
2.
3.
4.
Sciences
5.
Applied Sciences
6.
Military Science
7.
Commerce
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