vānaprasṭa | वानप्रस्ट | vAnaprasTa

vānaprasṭa | वानप्रस्ट | m. (fr. vana-prasṭa | वन-प्रस्ट |) a Brāhman in the third stage of life (who has passed through the stages of student and householder and has abandoned his house and family for an ascetic life in the woods; see āṣrama | आष्रम |), hermit, anchorite (mentioned by Megasthenes under the name ὑλόβιοι), Āpast.; Mn.; MBh. &c., RTL. 362
a class of supernatural beings, MW.
Bassia Latifolia or Butea Frondosa, L.
vānaprasṭa | वानप्रस्ट | mfn. relating to a Vānaprastha
vānaprasṭa | वानप्रस्ट | m. (scil. āṣrama | आष्रम |) the third stage of a Brāhman's life, forest-life, MBh.; R.; Hariv.

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