History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c96.s1.74
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c96.s1.74
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The *varṇa* system classified the whole community and was addressed to people in the mass; the Āśrama theory addresses itself to the individuals in a community and maps out for them how they should order their lives and what preparations are required for the several goals of human life. Deussen in the 'Philosophy of the Upanisads' (English translation of 1906, p. 397) says about the Āśrama theory that 'the entire history of mankind does not produce much that approaches in grandeur to this thought'