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Kautilya's Arthashastra 1.3.11

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 1.3.11

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Sanskrit

1.3.11

vānaprasthasya brahmacaryaṃ bhūmau śayyā jaṭājinadhāraṇam agnihotrābhiṣekau devatāpitratithipūjā vanyaś cāhāraḥ //

That of a Vanaprastha (forest-recluse) is observance of chastity, sleeping on the bare ground, keeping twisted locks, wearing deer-skin, fire-worship, ablution, worship of gods, ancestors, and guests, and living upon food stuffs procurable in forests.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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