History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c25.35

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c25.35

The word āśrama is derived¹⁰¹¹ from 'śram' to exert, to labour and etymologically means 'a stage in which one exerts oneself'.