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== Etymology and definition of adhyapana ==
== Etymology and definition of adhyapana ==
'''अधि + इड्+ णिच भावे ल्युट<ref name="ref2">Bhaṭṭācārya, T. V. (1873). Vācaspatyam: bṛihat saṃskṛtābhidhānam. 5 5. Vārāṇasī, Chaukhambā Saṃskṛta Series Office , Available from https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/VCPScan/2020/web/index.php</ref>'''
'''अधि + इड्+ णिच भावे ल्युट<ref name="ref2">Bhaṭṭācārya, T. V. (1873). Vācaspatyam: bṛihat saṃskṛtābhidhānam. 5 5. Vārāṇasī, Chaukhambā Saṃskṛta Series Office , Available from https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/VCPScan/2020/web/index.php</ref>'''
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<p style="text-align:justify;">The word ‘Adhyapana’ in Sanskrit language is derived of the ‘Adhi’ Upasarga meaning to pledge or commence and ‘Lyuta’ pratyaya.
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Monnier Williams dictionary has referred to adhyapana as instruction or learning.<ref name="ref3">MONIER-WILLIAMS, M. (1899). A Sanskrit-English dictionary, Available on https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/2020/web/index.php</ref>
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Shabdakalpadruma refers to it as pathana and vidyadana also termed as one of the six things to be regularly done by brahmina.<ref name="ref4">Rādhākāntadeva, Vasu, V., & Vasu, H. (1886).Śabdakalpadrumah, Available on https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/SKDScan/2020/web/</ref></p>
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=== Synonyms ===
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Shiksha, Vidyapradan, Vidyadanam, Guru vachana, Pathanam
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== Teaching as a mean to acquire knowledge ==
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Teaching methodology is elaborately explained and is one of the three methods for acquirement of knowledge regarding text or shastra. [Cha. Sa. Vimana Sthana 8/152] Other two means for enhancing depth of knowledge are self-study or self-learning (adhyayana) and discussion with authorities (tadvidya sambhasha). [Cha. Sa. Vimana Sthana 8/6] According to Harita and Apte Sanskrit- English dictionary Adhyapana is of three kinds:<ref name="ref5">Apte, Vaman Shivaram. “Revised and Enlarged Edition of Prin. V. S. Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary.” Dictionary. Poona : Prasad Prakashan, 1959 1957. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/apte_query.py?page=68.</ref>
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# Undertaken for charity
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# For wages and
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# In consideration of services rendered; </p>
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== Qualities of a teacher (acharya pariksha) ==
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