Rama, Lakshmana, and Vishvamitra
Description
Folio from the illustrated manuscript of Ramayana
India is the home of the guru-shishya tradition where the pupils stay in the house of the teacher. The teacher is supposed to treat his students as his own sons. This tradition is prevalent even today especially in the fields of music and dance. Education involved not just the study of Vedic hymns, rituals, and philosophy, but also the study of the Upavedas which included the study of warfare (Dhanur-Veda), health (Ayurveda), theatre (Gandharva-Veda), time (Jyotish-shashtra), space (Vastu-shastra) and polity (Artha-shastra). At the end of the education, students were expected to pay their teacher’s fee before moving out of the teacher’s house. This is called guru-dakshina, a transaction fee, after which all obligations to the teacher were severed.
Collection
Indian Miniature Paintings
Object Type
Manuscript
Material
Paper
Schools/Culture/Period
Rajasthani
Technique
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Date
Dated VS 1706 (1649 CE)
Location
Mewar
Dimension
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