Brahmayu
Brahmayu was a Brahmin, residing in Mithila and well-accoplished in the Vedic studies, who figures in the Brahmayu Sutta ( MN 91). In this sutta, Brahmayu converts to Buddhism after the Buddha convinced him t listen to the dharma by revealing two of the hidden marks of a Buddha, namely "his hidden genitals and enormous tongue." References Sources * * * {{refend External links Brahmayu Sutta Ancient Indian philosophers ...
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Sanskrit And Vedic Learning
Sanskrit learning, also called Brahminic learning, Sanskrit education, and Sanskrit culture, is the traditional study and transmission of Indian religious and secular knowledge preserved in Sanskrit texts. Vedic learning is specifically the tradition of oral transmission and learning by heart of the Vedic period, Vedic mantras as preserved in the Vedas and the post-Vedic smriti and shastra, and auxiliary traditions (''vedanga'') which concern the proper understanding and interpretation of Sanskrit, and the proper execution of the Vedic rituals. Etymology and context "Sanskrit learning" is a broad category, referring to the study and transmission of religious and secular knowledge preserved in Sanskrit texts. "Vedic learning" concerns the correct recitation, and the understanding of their sacred meaning, of the Vedas, Vedic mantras, liturgical hymns of the Vedic people. These were composed in the early Vedic period (ca. 1500–900 BCE) by the Vedic people, and expanded with a va ...
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