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

INDEX 319
Universities, 72-4. 117.
Upādhyāyā, 210.
Upākarma, at the beginning of the
college term, 282-3; why ex-
tended to all, 284-5; description
of, 285-6; and the sacred
thread, 286.
Upanayana, its antiquity, 270;
meaning of. 268-9; when per-
formed, 272; performed by
married men, 268-9; a simple
ritual, 270; when and why made
compulsory 269; as the second
birth, 49 m; why prescribed for
the dumb and deaf, 269; why
prescribed as a Prāyaśchitta, 269
of Asvattha tree, 270; critical
survey of, 274-8; significance of;
the presentation to deities in,
276, presentation to the teacher
in, 277; teaching of the Sāvitrī
mantra in, 278; significance of
the whole ritual, 281-2; of
Kshatriyas and Vaishyas, 43;
of women, 206, 213; for
Āyurveda students, 289; for
Dhanurveda students, 291.
Upanishad age, education in, 147-9,
236 8.
Utsarjana ceremony, at the end
of the session, 286-7.
V
Vacation, 85-6.
Vaishyas, their Upanayana and
Vedic studies, 43.
Valabhi as a centre of education,
123-5.
Varâhamibira on eclipses; 252-3: on
Greeks' achievements in astro-
nomy, 256.
Vedic study, how far a mere
cramming. 144-8; its nature in
different periods, 144-147, 149;
falling into background, 149;
during 1-1200 A. D. 149-50;
and Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and
Shudras, 43-44.
Vernaculars, education in, 259-60;
in Europe, 260,
Veterinary science, 190.
Vidyās, 14, App. IV.
Vidyārambha Sanskāra, 265-8.
Vikramasīlā Monastic college, 125-9
W
Wastage in Education, 264.
Women, status of, 212-14; Upana-
yana of, 206; 213; as teachers,
210; as poetesses 217-18; as
Vedic seers, 205; as governors,
221; and medical studies,
219; scholars mentioned in
Brahmayajña, 208; literacy
among 212, 223-4; age at the
marriage of, 215; and military
training, 221, their economic
position, 222.
Work, in teachers' houses, 59-60.
Y
Yajñopavīta, originally an upper
garment of skin, then of cloth,
294-5; how supplanted by the
thread, 296; could be removed,
298.
Yuan Chwang, on Indian charac-
ter 244-5.
Z
Zemandars, and Sanskrit Pâtha-
sâlâs, 141.