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naprastha
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naprastha.
The third of the four
ramas
, or stages of life, of the Hindu. The term meant literally ‘forest departure’, a time of retirement when a householder, having raised his children and made them independent, devoted himself, with or without his wife's company, to preparing for death and the next stage of his existence.
ramas, or stages of life, of the Hindu. The term meant literally ‘forest departure’, a time of retirement when a householder, having raised his children and made them independent, devoted himself, with or without his wife's company, to preparing for death and the next stage of his existence.
van der Leeuw, G.
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Vanity of vanities
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Va Postori
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, ‘ballad’). Any of a set of twenty-two hymns of praise in theOther books
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