[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) › v3.c45.8 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c45.8 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c45.8 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c45.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c45.8) The word \*vānaprastha\* is according to the Mit. the same as vanaprastha, which means 'one who stays in a forest in a pre-eminent way' (by observing a strict code of life). Kṣīrasvāmī derives it differently.²¹²⁰ - [Previous: v3.c45.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c45.7) - [Next: v3.c45.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c45.9) - [Up: v3.c45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c45) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c45.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c45.8) · Pramāṇa