āṣrama | आष्रम | ASrama

ā-ṣrama | आ-ष्रम | m. n. (√ ṣram | ष्रम् |), a hermitage, the abode of ascetics, the cell of a hermit or of retired saints or sages, Mn.; R.; Daś.; Ragh.; Megh. &c.
a stage in the life of a Brāhman (of which there are four corresponding to four different periods or conditions, viz. 1st, Brahmacārin, ‘student of the Veda’; 2nd, Gṛha-stha, ‘householder’; 3rd, Vānaprastha, ‘anchorite’; and 4th, Saṃnyāsin, ‘abandoner of all worldly concerns’, or sometimes Bhikṣu, ‘religious beggar’; in some places the law-givers mention only three such periods of religious life, the first being then omitted), Mn.; R.; Suśr.; Ragh. &c.
a hut built on festal occasions, VarBṛS.
a college, school
a wood or thicket, L.
ā-ṣrama | आ-ष्रम | m. N. of a pupil of Pṛthvī-dhara.

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