Jaina System of Education

Author(s): Debendra Chandra Das Gupta
Publisher: Bharti Mahavidyalaya

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JAIN 1 SYSTLY OF EDUCATION
establishi huuself kmg of Geremt Consequently he coull not recelic cluction proper for 7 princc in lus young days and had to engage ? private lutor to niake up for thic loss in the past Then on mnotlicr occasion the king nunc humarapala desinng to acquire lcrming bad thic trcaliscs of kamandzki on policy read to him for a uine yster inner by a certam lcirned man with the approbation of the minister kapardın after that speech the hing in order to coinprchcnd the ciymology of words began the study of treatises commencing with the alphabet under a ccrtun tcacher and in one your read ihrec pocnis with their comincntaries and so gained the title of Vicaracturinuli The royal student mentioned here wa not only 7 vomcious reader but also 7 icrsatule genills
Inspite of our limited sources of information it seems to be prette certyin that classes in the Juni Art schools were licld from sunrise in sunsct with a recess for the lunch and both group and individual instructions were in i ogrie Group instructions were practued in casi of training in military and cognatc sciences as it meant a good economy of time Auto education 1135 cncouraged in case of talented students like prince Siddharth The following quotation will bear us out on the point. As for me he said I will be my own instructor on which k santa deva applied bimself to perfect the five hundred youn, Sakya noblemen in all the Arts of his calling-riding the elephants archery chariot racing and so on 50 We Icarn from Hemacandras Trişaşçısalaka puruşa-caritra how Ajita Swamin a teacher of military science was giving individual instruction to prace Sagara of Vinita (Oudh) The Poet Kalidasa also fai oured individual instruction for students of fine Arts such as dancing music and singing and we learn from his Malavikagnimitrain low Ganadusa teacher of fine Arts Laught Malavika the Art of dancing music and singing in his owi residence " Similar method must bave been in vogue in the other courses of the Art school though we do not have definite proof of it
In the Bralımanic school also individual as well as group instruc
58 Merutunga Acirja, Prabandhauptmanı pp 198-139 59 The Legend of Sakya Buddha p yo 60 Trişaşçısaláká purusa-Caritra, vol. II P 71 61 Kalidasa Malavikagtuunnitram