Word

Ashrama dharma

Sanskrit

आश्रमधर्म

IAST

āśramadharma

In General

Duties pertaining to the four order or stages of life.

The four stages (ashramas): 1) the celibate student life (brahmacharya); 2) the married household life (grihasta); 3) the life of retirement (seclusion) and contemplation (vanaprastha); 4) the life of total renunciation (sannyasa).