The Asramas have been proclaimed in their serial order as follows^ : Brahmacdrin (the religious student), Grhastha (the house-holder), Vdnaprastha (the forest hermit), and Tati (the Recluse). 2 This serial order may be otherwise for special reasons.^ is not traced in the Vedic Samhitds or Brdhmana texts, but that does not mean that the dirama system was non-existent in those limes. For we find the v^ord Brahmacdrin \i\ RV.X. 109.5 and in AV.V. 17.5 Brahmacdri carati vevisad visah sa devdndrh bhavatyekam angam / ‘O gods 1 He (Brhaspati) is all-pervasiv'e and moves as a Brahmacdri pervading all sacrifices. The word grhapati —‘House-holder* is used for Agni in RV. II. 1.2 Tavd'gne hotram . . . Brahmd cdsi grhapatiica no dame /