A History of Indian Philosophy v2.c19.s6.34

v2.c19.s6.34

¹ If the ascetic has ordinary desires he is called *haṃsa*; if he desires emancipation, he is called *parama-haṃsa*. The course of their conduct is described in the *Parāśara-smṛti*, *Jīvan-mukti-viveka*, I. 11. When a man renounces the world for the attainment of right knowledge, it is called *vividiṣā-saṃnyāsa* (renunciation for thirst of knowledge), as distinguished from *vidvat-saṃnyāsa* (renunciation of the wise) in the case of those who have already attained right knowledge. The latter kind of *saṃnyāsa* is with reference to those who are *jīvan-mukta*.