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- noun Any of the four
stages ofHindu spiritual life
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Examples
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He was then the head of a quiet ashrama near the seashore there, and was chiefly occupied in the spiritual training of a group of youthful disciples.
Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935
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He was then the head of a quiet ashrama near the seashore there, and was chiefly occupied in the spiritual training of a group of youthful disciples.
Autobiography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda 1922
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The fourth ashrama dictated that old people retreated into solitary contemplation.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Deepak Chopra 2011
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