aDyayanaM [ i-lyuw ] 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 . aDyayanaM ca akzaramAtrapAWa iti vEdikAH, sArTAkzaragrahaRamiti mImAMsakAH ; the latter view is obviously correct; cf. yaTA paSurBAravAhI na tasya Bajate PalaM . dvijastaTArTAnaBijYo na vedaPalamaSnute .. or better still, Yāska's Nirukta: sTARurayaM BArahAraH kilABUdaDItya vedaM na vijAnAti yo'rTaM . arTajYa it (arTavid) sakalaM BadramaSnute nAkameti jYAnaviDUtapApmA .. See also under anagni .