प्राचीन भारत में शिक्षा (डॉ. ए.एस. अल्तेकर - गुरुकुल एवं बौद्ध विहार शिक्षण इतिहास)

134 EDUCATION IN ANCIENT INDIA [Ch.
at Ennāyiram, for arrangement was here made for
the free boarding and lodging of 60 students only.
Out of the 60 seats in the hostel, 10 were reserved
for the students of the Ṛigveda, 10 for those of the
Yajurveda, 20 for those of grammar, 10 for those of
the Pañcha-rātra system, 3 for those of Śaivāgama
and 7 for Vānaprasthas and Sanyāsins. All the
students in the hostel were provided with oil for bath
every Saturday.
Teachers’ Salaries : The teachers’ salaries in this
institution were lower than those in the Ennāyiram
college. Vedic teachers used to receive only about
three seers of rice every day ; their salary was thus
about one sixth the salary that was paid in the
Ennāyiram college. Vedic teachers of this institution
were apparently part-time teachers ; for their salary
is seen to be practically the same as the wages of the
servant appointed in the temple hospital for fetching
medicinal herbs and preparing medicines. The
grammar teacher was apparently a full time employee,
for he received about eight seers of rice every day.
His pay was thus half the pay of the teacher at
Ennāyiram. In ancient as in modern times, salaries
of teachers varied with the financial condition of
educational institutions.
TIRUVORRIYUR TEMPLE COLLEGE¹
A Grammar College in Memory of Panini :
During the 13th century there was a big grammar
college at Tiruvorriyur in Chingleput district. The
college was located in a big hall adjoining the local
Śiva temple. There was a tradition current in the
locality, that God Śiva had appeared in this very

1. S. I. E. R. for 1912, No. 201 of 1912