ནགས་ན་གནས་པ། | Glossary of Terms
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ནགས་ན་གནས་པ།
- nags na gnas pa
- vānaprastha
- Term
- forest hermit
- ནགས་ན་གནས་པ།
- nags na gnas pa
- vānaprastha
This specifically refers to brahmins in the third stage of life (after the student and householder stages) where one abandons social responsibilities and lives as an ascetic in the forest for one’s twilight years.