Select the CORRECT statements about Vedic Education : A. In Vedic era,…
2025
Select the CORRECT statements about Vedic Education :
A. In Vedic era, education was the responsibility of the state.
B. No fees was charged from students.
C. Gurukulas were in pitiable condition as they did not have any fixed grants from the state.
D. Samvartan ritual was conducted at the end of the Buddhist and Jain education.
E. All students after their Vedic Upanayan rituals were called Pabbaja and Samner
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer: C. B and C Only — Concept — In the Vedic scheme, education was a socio-religious duty discharged by the teacher and the household, not an activity organised or financed by the…
- A.
A and D Only
- B.
B and E Only
- C.
B and C Only
- D.
A, B, C, D and E
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Correct answer: C
Concept — In the Vedic scheme, education was a socio-religious duty discharged by the teacher and the household, not an activity organised or financed by the state. Instruction itself carried no tuition charge: the ashrama or gurukula subsisted on bhiksha (alms), voluntary gifts from society and the parting guru-dakshina, never on any fixed state grant. Vedic studentship is bracketed by two samskaras — Upanayana at entry and Samavartana, the convocation rite, at exit — whereas Pabbajja ("going forth") and Samanera (novice) belong to the later Buddhist monastic order.
Application — each statement measured against that framework:
A. The Vedic state neither administered nor endowed learning; responsibility for it rested with the acharya, the family and the community, so the claim that education was a state responsibility does not stand.
B. Teaching was given free of charge; the pupil repaid the teacher through service during residence and through a voluntary guru-dakshina at the completion of study, so the claim that no fees were charged stands.
C. With no fixed state endowment, a gurukula depended on alms and irregular donations from society, and its material condition was frequently poor, so the claim about pitiable condition for want of fixed grants stands.
D. Samavartana is the Brahmanical convocation that closes Vedic studentship once Veda-study is finished. Buddhist monastic training culminates in Upasampada and Jain renunciation is entered through diksha, so neither tradition closes with Samavartana and this claim does not stand.
E. The Pali terms behind the paper’s spellings "Pabbaja" and "Samner" are Pabbajja and Samanera: Pabbajja is the Buddhist ordination by which a person goes forth from household life, after which the novice is called a samanera. A Vedic pupil who has received Upanayana is called a brahmachari, so this claim does not stand.
Cross-check — the two ritual statements can be settled independently of the two economic ones: Samavartana pairs with Upanayana inside the Vedic samskara sequence, while Pabbajja pairs with Upasampada inside the Buddhist sangha and Jain renunciation runs through its own diksha. Neither ritual statement can therefore be rescued, which leaves the fee statement and the gurukula-finance statement standing together.
Result — the selection that keeps exactly those two statements is "B and C Only".