[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.126 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.126 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.126 - **Language:** English ### [c4.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.126) AGHAMARṢAṆA. He was a great hermit of austerity, who had observed the duties pertaining to Vānaprastha (the third of the four stages of life—forest hermit). (M.B., Śānti Parva, Chapter 244, Stanza 16). - [Previous: c4.125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.125) - [Next: c4.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.127) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.126) · Pramāṇa