Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c14.29

c14.29

Gautama, in his *Dharma-sūtra*, calls a man of the third *āśrama* a *Bhikshu* who is described as (1) *Anichaya*, devoid of store of articles and (2) *Ūrdhvaretā*, devoid of desire for sexual intercourse (as stated also by Megasthenes); and a man of the fourth *āśrama*, a *Vaikhānasa*, who should (as Megasthenes also says), live in the forest (*vane*), subsist on roots and fruits, and wear only bark and skin (*chīrājina*) [III and X].