ནགས་ཁྲོད་ན་གནས་པ་

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ནགས་ཁྲོད་ན་གནས་པ། (Wyl. nags khrod na gnas pa ) Pron.: naktrö na nepa

  • Skt. वानप्रस्थः, vānaprastha, Pron.: vanaprastha. From Sanskrit: fr. | 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 | hermit, anchorite (mentioned by Megasthenes under the name ) | a class of supernatural beings | Bassia Latifolia or Butea Frondosa | relating to a Vānaprastha | •scil. | the third stage of a Brāhman's life, forest-life [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW