TY - BOOK AU - Anant Balwant Marathe TI - Socio-Religious Implications of Vanaprstha and Samnyasa SN - 8183151345 U1 - 294.544 M326 S PY - 2011/// CY - Delhi PB - New Bharatiya Book Corporation KW - Religion and sociology KW - Religious life--Hinduism KW - Asramas - Four stages of life KW - India N1 - Vanaprastha - giving up civic life and adopting a forest life- and Samnayasa - giving up everything for a life devoted to contemplating on the ultimate reality- are ancient Hindu concept, which with due modifications - can be useful even today, life as also- for the wellbeing of the society ER -