Four Spans of Human Life - Ashram Vyavastha

J. M. Mehta’s Four Spans of Human Life: Ashram Vyavastha introduces a traditional Hindu framework for thinking about the course of a life. The four stages named on the book are Brahmacharya, Grihastha, Vanaprastha and Sanyasa: learning, household responsibilities, withdrawal and renunciation.

Choose it for an introduction to Hindu ideas about life stages rather than a modern age-based retirement plan. The book presents a traditional philosophical model, not a rule that every person or community follows in the same way. ISBN 9788122310658. Edition dates are omitted because catalog records differ.

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