Apprentice
group · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
apprentice · one who wishes to learn a craft · servant · slave
in the texts
Nāradasmṛti
One learning a craft from a master under a fixed term of residence and service.
One who wishes to learn a craft should, with the permission of his relatives, reside with a master, having fixed a definite period of time.
Having learned the craft and completed the time, the apprentice should circumambulate the master, and having obtained his permission according to his ability, he may depart.
Even after being trained, the apprentice must complete the stipulated period.
Yājñavalkya Smṛti
Persons bound in servitude or wage labor, whose obligations, freedoms, and payments are legally regulated.
A servant who, having received his wages, abandons his work, shall pay double the amount.
if halfway, the entire wages must be forfeited, and the one who causes the abandonment must also pay.
One who has lapsed from the ascetic life is a slave to the king until death.