ASramaH · ASramaM
ASramaH, -maM [ A-Sram ADAre GaY vfdDya BAvaH ] 1 A hermitage, hut, cell, dwelling or abode of ascetics. 2 A stage, order, or period of the (religious) life of a Brāhmaṇa. These are four: — brahmacarya the life of a student; gArhasTya the life of a house holder: vAnaprasya the life of an anchorite or hermit, and saMnyAsa the life of a ( pb ) Bhikṣu or beggar. Kṣatriyas (and Vaiśyas also) can enter upon the first three Āśramas; cf. Ś. 7. 20 ; V. 5 ; (according to some authorities they can enter the fourth also; cf. sakilASramamaMtyamASritaH R. 8. 14 ); pUrvASramaH Ku. 5. 50. 3 A college, school. 4 A wood or thicket (where ascetics practise penance). 5 N. of Viṣṇu. Comp. — guruH the head of a religious order, a preceptor, principal. — DarmaH 1 the special duties of each order or life. 2 the duties of one leading a hermit's life; ya imAmASramaDarme niyuNkte Ś. 1. — padaM, -maMqalaM, -sTAnaM 1 a hermitage (including the surrounding grounds), a penance forest ( tapovanaM ); SAMtamidamASramapadaM Ś. 1. 16. 2 a period in the religious life of a Brāhmaṇa. — Brazwa a. fallen from any religious order, apostate. — vAsaH residence in a hermitage. — vAsika a. relating to residence in a hermitage; °kaM parva the 15th book of the Mb. — vAsin , — AlayaH, -sad m. an ascetic, hermit.
ASramaH, -maM [ A-Sram ADAre GaY vfdDya BAvaH ] 1 A hermitage, hut, cell, dwelling or abode of ascetics. 2 A stage, order, or period of the (religious) life of a Brāhmaṇa. These are four: — brahmacarya the life of a student; gArhasTya the life of a house holder: vAnaprasya the life of an anchorite or hermit, and saMnyAsa the life of a ( pb ) Bhikṣu or beggar. Kṣatriyas (and Vaiśyas also) can enter upon the first three Āśramas; cf. Ś. 7. 20 ; V. 5 ; (according to some authorities they can enter the fourth also; cf. sakilASramamaMtyamASritaH R. 8. 14 ); pUrvASramaH Ku. 5. 50. 3 A college, school. 4 A wood or thicket (where ascetics practise penance). 5 N. of Viṣṇu. Comp. — guruH the head of a religious order, a preceptor, principal. — DarmaH 1 the special duties of each order or life. 2 the duties of one leading a hermit's life; ya imAmASramaDarme niyuNkte Ś. 1. — padaM, -maMqalaM, -sTAnaM 1 a hermitage (including the surrounding grounds), a penance forest ( tapovanaM ); SAMtamidamASramapadaM Ś. 1. 16. 2 a period in the religious life of a Brāhmaṇa. — Brazwa a. fallen from any religious order, apostate. — vAsaH residence in a hermitage. — vAsika a. relating to residence in a hermitage; °kaM parva the 15th book of the Mb. — vAsin , — AlayaH, -sad m. an ascetic, hermit.