आश्रम āśhram

आश्रम āśrama a:shshrām (nm) hermitage; abode; one of the four stages in the life of caste Hindus (viz. brahmachary —as a student of the Vedas; Grihasth —as a householder; Va:nprasth —as abandoner of worldly things; Sannya:s —as an anchorite); ~वासी a hermit, inmate of an आश्रम.

H آسرم आस्रम āsram [S. आश्रम], s.m. Abode, residence; the abode of a hermit, or of a religious student; hermitage; college, school; — a class or religious order (of which the Hindūs reckon four, referable to the different periods of a Brāhman's life, viz. 1˚ The Brahmāćārī, who devotes his life to religious exercises, aūsterity, and celibacy; 2˚ The Gr̤ihī or Gr̤ihastha, who lives in the world and rears a family; 3˚ The Vānaprastha, who retires from the world with his family and passes his life in devotion in the forest; 4˚ The Bhikshu or Sannyasī, who subsists on alms).