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Hinduism: Gods, Scriptures and Paths

The Āśrama System

The History and Hermeneutics of a Religious Institution

by Patrick Olivelle

A historical study of the four stages of life in Hinduism, showing how a set of alternative lifestyles became a sequence of stages. It illuminates the tension between householder and renouncer ideals.

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