History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c54.271

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Āśramas (*see* under brahmacarya, householder, saṁnyāsa) 416; all four mentioned in Jābālopaniṣad, 421; earliest reference to, probably in the Ait. Br., 420; features characteristic of each of four, 837; Kapila, an asura, is said by Baud. Dh. S. to have started system of four, 417; difference between theories of varṇas and āśramas, 423; no ā. superior to others, according to Āp. Dh. S., 425; number of, 416; saṁnyāsa mentioned in Muṇḍakopaniṣad, 421; śūdra could take only to householder's stage, 163, 924; theory of Manu and others about, 417-418; three ā. clearly referred to in Chān. Up., 420, 422-24; three different points of view about, 424-426; various names for the last āśrama, 417; what duties common to all, 6; word ā. does not occur in Vedic Saṁhitās or Brāhmaṇas, 418.