[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Agnipurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni) › 161.18 # Agnipurana 161.18 Agnipurāṇa 161.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [161.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.161.18) caturvidhaṃ bhaikṣavastu kuṭīrakavahūdake / haṃsaḥ paramahaṃsaś ca yo yaḥ paścāt sa uttamaḥ // > The mendicant \[stage\] is of four kinds: the Kuṭīcaka, the Bahūdaka, / the Haṃsa, and the Paramahaṃsa; each later one is superior \[to the previous\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 161.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.161.17) - [Next: 161.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.161.19) - [Up: 161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.161) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.161.18) — English, machine translation ## Other recensions (1) - [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.161.18) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46.40) — P. V. Kane, English - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.8.p88) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.161.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.161.18) · Pramāṇa