- [ācciramam] ''s.'' Hermitage, the re sidence of an ascetic, முனிவரிருப்பிடம். 2. Religious condition as prescribed especi ally for the Brahmans, including four de grees or orders, நிலை; ''viz.'': 1. பிரமசாரி யாச்சிரமம், the state or condition of a ba chelor, who, from the time of his invest ment with the sacred cord, is required to tend the sacred fires and to follow his studies under or in the presence of his preceptor. 2. கிரகஸ்தாச்சிரமம், the state of a house-holder, who, from his marriage, must strictly observe his religious duties, maintain the sacred fires, and liberally practise hospitality for the support of the other three orders. 3. வானப்பிரஸ்தாச் சிரமம், the state of an anchorite or recluse, who, with or without his wife, relin quishes domestic life, retires to the desert feeding on leaves, roots and fruits, or on the hospitality of the second order, and continues to perform his daily rites. 4. சன்னியாசியாச்சிரமம், the state of a reli gious mendicant who performs no rite whatever and lives only on alms, some times appearing in a state of nudity. The fourth order embraces four distinctions and each of the others two. See Ellis. Wils. p. 124. ASHRAMA. ''(p.)''
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