Lexicographical Neighbors of Ashrama
Literary usage of Ashrama
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Message of the East by Cohasset (Mass.). Vedanta Centre, Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy (1922)
"And as a matter of fact Ananda ashrama is remote from the world only in the
spiritual sense. It is within less than an hour's ride of Pasadena, Glendale and ..."
2. The Theosophist by Theosophical Society (Madras, India) (1900)
"It is signed by Mrs. С. Е. ashrama. Sevier, JH Sevier and Swarupananda and, as
stated in the text : Here it is hoped to keep Advaita free from all ..."
3. A Study of the Indian Philosophy by Shantaram Anant Desai (1906)
"... -ashrama. In the same way, the highest goal to be attained by man, ...
-ashrama, is to develop in himself the satva-guna to the maximum extent, ..."
4. Hinduism: The World Ideal by Harendranath Maitra (1922)
"The ashrama life for all these ages has evolved in every Hindu household an ...
Thus the four stages of ashrama life lead, as a man ascends by a ladder, ..."
5. Orpheus by George Robert Stow Mead (1896)
"Before a man or woman could give up family duties and devote themselves entirely
to the religious life (Vanaprastha ashrama), they had to become parents and ..."
6. A Dictionary of Some Theosophical Terms by Powis Hoult (1910)
"ashrama (Sans.)—One of the four periods into which the religious life of the
Brahman is divided. ..."
7. The Theosophical Review by Theosophical Publishing Society (London, England) (1896)
"Before a man or woman could give up family duties and devote themselves entirely
to the religious life (Vanaprastha ashrama), they had to become parents and ..."
8. The Birth of New India: A Collection of Writings and Speeches on Indian Affairs by Annie Wood Besant (1917)
"Now all these pupils lived together, read through their Brahmacharya ashrama
together; they went about begging for food; they took food from the various ..."
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