[INDOLOGY] text memorization

[Birgit Kellner]

An interesting first-hand report is given in:

@Article{Gerow_Edwin_2002_5701,
   Title                    = {Primary Education in Sanskrit: Methods 
and Goals},
   Author                   = {Gerow, Edwin},
   Journal                  = {Journal of the American Oriental Society},
   Year                     = {2002},
   Pages                    = {661-690},
   Volume                   = {122 (4)},
}

With best regards,

Birgit Kellner

Am 25.09.2014 um 10:00 schrieb James Hartzell:
> Dear colleagues
>
> Might someone have handy some references on the practice of memorization
> in the Sanskrit (and Tibetan) traditions?  I know memorizing texts is a
> basic part of, for instance, traditional medical education,
> jyotishastra, etc.  What I am looking for are good published studies
> describing these practices (pdf's would be a bonus).
>
> Cheers,
>
> James Hartzell, PhD
> Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC)
> The University of Trento, Italy


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