[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v1.c5.s1.2655 # The Purana Index v1.c5.s1.2655 The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s1.2655 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.s1.2655](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s1.2655) \*Āśramas\* (\*āśramadharma\*)—four, Brahmacarya, gṛhasta, vānaprastha and bhikṣuka, duties:—\*Brahmacarya\*: study by service to guru and begging food, \*gṛhasta\*: the source and strength of all \*āśramas\*; those celibate do penance, sacrifice, give birth to sons, perform \*śrāddha\*, learn the Vedas and give gifts of food, \*dārāgni\*, guests, sacrifice and \*śrāddha\*; become \*devapitṛs\*, \*vānaprastha\* bathe in morning and evening and on ceremonials, eating of fruits and roots, non-theft, purity, sympathy and non-injury—ten kinds of dharma; \*Bhikṣu\*: daṇḍi, mekhali, and lying in ground floor.¹ A reference to the fifth \*āśrama\*,² will be lost at the end of Kaliyuga when anarchy prevails.³ - [Previous: v1.c5.s1.2654](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s1.2654) - [Next: v1.c5.s1.2656](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s1.2656) - [Up: v1.c5.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s1.2655](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s1.2655) · Pramāṇa