History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c45.38

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c45.38

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v3.c45.38

Bṛhat-Parāśara (chap. XI. p. 290) speaks of four divisions of vānaprasthas viz. Vaikhānasa, Udumbara, Vālakhilya and Vanevāsī; while Vaikh. VIII. 7 says that the vānaprasthas are either *sapatnīka* (who stay with their wife) or *apatnīka* and the first are of four varieties viz. Audumbara, Vairiñca, Vālakhilya and Phenapa. The Rāmāyaṇa (Araṇya, chap. 10. 2-6) speaks of forest hermits under various designations such as the Vālakhilyas, Aṣmakuṭṭas &c.

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Linked texts (3)

Vaikhānasasmārtasūtra — Vikhanas, Sanskrit
Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit
Bṛhatparāśara — Suvrata, Sanskrit