आश्रमāśramathe special duties of each order or life.
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- the special duties of each order or life.
- the duties of one leading a hermit's life; य इमामाश्रमधर्मे नियुङ्क्ते Ś.1.
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आश्रमः āśramḥ
- मम् mam, मम् आ-श्रम् आधारे घञ् वृद्धयभावः
- A hermitage, hut, cell, dwelling or abode of ascetics; शरणान्यशरण्यानि आश्रमाणि कृतानि नः Rām.7.6.5.
- A stage, order, or period of the (religious) life of a Brāhmaṇa (These are four: ब्रह्मचर्य the life of a student; गार्हस्थ्य the life of a house-holder; वानप्रस्थ the life of an anchorite or hermit, and संन्यास the life of a Bhikṣu or beggar. Kṣatriyas (and Vśiyas also) can enter, upon the first three Āśramas; Compare Ś.7.18; V.5; (according to some authorities they can enter the fourth also; Compare स किलाश्रममन्त्यमाश्रितः R.8.14; पूर्वाश्रमः Ku.5.5.
- A college, school.
- A wood or thicket (where ascetics practise penance).
- Name of Viṣṇu. Compound
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- Name of an upaniṣad-गुरुः the head of a religious order, a preceptor, principal, कर्तुमाश्रमगुरुः स चाश्रमत् Śi. पदम्, मण्डलम्, स्थानम् a hermitage (including the surrounding grounds), a penance forest (तपोवनम्); शान्तमिदमाश्रमपदम् Ś.1.16.
- a period in the religious life of a Brāhmaṇa.
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-पर्वन् Neuter The first section of the fifteenth book of the Mahābhārata. id est, that is आश्रमवासिक- पर्वन्.
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-भ्रष्ट Adjective fallen from any religious order, apostate.
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-लक्षणम् An indicatory mark of the religious order, Compare मेखलाजिनदण्डेन ब्रह्मचारीति लक्ष्यते । गृहस्थो दानवेदाद्यैर्नखलोम्ना वनाश्रिताः ॥ त्रिदण्डेन यतिश्चैव लक्षणानि पृथक् पृथक् । यस्यैतल्लक्षणं नास्ति प्रायश्चित्ती न चाश्रमी ॥ (दक्षसंहिता.) -वासः residence in a hermitage.
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-वासिक Adjective relating to residence in a hermitage; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकं पर्व the 15th book of the Mb.
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-वासिन्, -आलयः, -सद् Masculine an ascetic, hermit.
