[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v2.c25.35 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c25.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c25.35) The word āśrama is derived¹⁰¹¹ from 'śram' to exert, to labour and etymologically means 'a stage in which one exerts oneself'. - [Previous: v2.c25.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c25.34) - [Next: v2.c25.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c25.36) - [Up: v2.c25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c25) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c25.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c25.35) · Pramāṇa