adhyayanam

adhyayanam 1 [i-lyuṭ] Learning, study, reading (especially the Vedas); one of the six duties of a Brāhmaṇa. The study of the Vedas is allowed to the first 3 classes, but not to a Śūdra Ms.1.88.91. adhyayanaṃ ca akṣaramātrapāṭha iti vaidikāḥ, sārthākṣaragrahaṇamiti mīmāṃsakāḥ; the latter view is obviously correct; cf. yathā paśurbhāravāhī na tasya bhajate phalam | dvijastathārthānabhijño na vedaphalamaśrute || or better still Yāska's Nirukta : sthāṇurayaṃ bhārahāraḥ kilābhūdadhītya vedaṃ na vijānāti yo'rtham | yo'rthajña it (arthavid) sakalaṃ bhadramaśrute nākameti jñānavidhūtapāpmā || See also under anagni. -2 Muttering praṇava mantra; vītarāgā mahāprajñā dhyānādhyayanasampadā Mb.12.300.49. (adhyayanaṃ praṇavajapaḥ iti ṭīkā) -3 Teaching; kṛtvā cādhyayanaṃ teṣāṃ śiṣyāṇāṃ śatamuttamam Mb.12.318.17 see adhyāpanam.