[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) › v2.c7.s4.280 # The Purana Index v2.c7.s4.280 The Purāṇa Index v2.c7.s4.280 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c7.s4.280](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s4.280) Paramāśrama—the fourth āśrama or sannyāsa, to be with guru for a year and then to go about the country, leaving off congregation, subduing anger, eating light food, controlling the senses, and living in deserted places, forests, caves and banks of rivers \*Paramesvara\*—is Śiva¹ also an epithet of Viṣṇu² - [Previous: v2.c7.s4.279](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s4.279) - [Next: v2.c7.s4.281](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s4.281) - [Up: v2.c7.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s4.280](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s4.280) · Pramāṇa