Informal Education of Sanskrit in Kerala
by Jayasree M. | 2010 | 82,680 words
This essay studies the informal education of Sanskrit in Kerala with special reference to Ayurveda. It provides a historical overview of Sanskrit education in India, highlighting its roots in the Vedas and the growth of the Gurukula system. This study further outlines the importance of oral traditions and the extensive educational methods used to p...
11. Sanskrit Education in Modern India
The European religions missionaries entered India in the last face of the 15th century AD. These missionaries began the so called mission of civilizing modernization of India and propagation of Christianity through
51 European mode of education. For this purpose they established primary schools, learned Indian languages translated the Bible into the provincial languages of India. The Europeans who came to India for trade and commerce gradually began to conquer Indian Kings and established their own colonies after defeating the natives by military strength. After the collapse of the Mughal Empire and the establishment of the European colonial rule in India, a general political instability was seen everywhere. The Portuguese are regarded as the funnels of the modern system of education in India. The British east India company paid their attention to educational matters in 1698 through the charter Act. Sunith Kumar Chatterji observes that the available records are very meager with regard to the character and extend of the indigenous Sanskrit education. 60 The new system of education supported by the colonialists wanted the compulsory study of the English language, science subjects and the political and social history of India and Europe. As a result of this programming spiritualism and religion lost importance and secular subject and western science achieved prominence in the field of education.