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Vanaprastha

Vānaprastha (Sanskrit: वानप्रस्थ) literally meaning 'way of the forest' or 'forest road', is the third stage in the 'Chaturasrama' system of Hinduism. It represents the third of the four ashramas (stages) of human life, the other three being Brahmacharya (bachelor student, 1st stage), Grihastha (married householder, 2nd stage) and Sannyasa (renunciation…

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Yājñavalkya left their homesinstance ofwhen sages0.80text
roamed around as spiritual reclusesinstance ofwhen sages0.80text
pursued their Pravrajikainstance ofwhen sages0.80text
Vaikhānasa Dharmasūtra including all four.Olivelle posits that the older Dharmasūtras present the Ashramas as four alternative ways of lifeinstance ofwhile others0.80text
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but not as sequential stage that any individual must followinstance ofwhile others0.80text

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