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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>'''
<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.
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>
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>
=== Synonyms ===
Shiksha, Vidyapradan, Vidyadanam, Guru vachana, Pathanam
== Teaching as a mean to acquire knowledge ==
<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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== Qualities of a teacher (acharya pariksha) ==