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

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temple before Pāṇini for fourteen continuous days in,
order to teach him the first fourteen aphorisms ; the
village community had therefore organised an efficient
grammar college in the Śiva temple to commemorate
the event. The college was a much bigger institution
than the Ennāyiram college. In the latter place an
endowment of 300 acres had enabled the organisers
to arrange for the free food and education of 340
students. The Tiruvorriyur college had received an
endowment of 400 acres; we may not be therefore
far wrong in assuming that this grammar college must
have had more than 450 students on its rolls. The
number of teachers was probably about 15 to 20.
This college went on performing its functions down
to the 14th century ; for a record, about a century later
than the previous one, mentions how certain additional
taxes were assigned for the upkeep of the grammar
college.¹ Details about the management of this
college are not available.
MALKAPURAM TEMPLE COLLEGE.
A Temple, College, Hostel and Hospital combined:
An inscription from Malkapuram, dated 1268 A. D.,²
reveals the existence of an institution which was
a temple, a college, a hostel and a hospital combined.
There were eight teachers in the college, three for the
Vedas and five for the secular subjcets consisting of
grammar, literature, logic and Āgamas. There was
one doctor in charge of the hospital. In the south
Indian colleges we have seen so far, there used to be
about 20 students on the average under the charge
of each teacher. The Malkapuram college therefore
had probably about 150 students. They were as usual
offered free tuition, boarding, lodging and medicine.

1. Ibid, No. 110 of 1912
2. S. I. E. R., for 1917. pp. 122-24