[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) › c8.1225 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1225 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1225 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1225](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1225) 27) \*Āśramas Four.\* Brahmacarya (student life), Gārhasthya (married life), Vānaprastha (anchorite, forest-life) and Sannyāsa (Renunciation). - [Previous: c8.1224](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1224) - [Next: c8.1226](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1226) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1225](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1225) · Pramāṇa