Question

There are four stages in the classical, idealized Indian life cycle: student, __________, forest dweller, and renunciant, all of which must be passed through to achieve self-realization

Answer 1

Answer: Householder (Grihastha).

Explanation:

Hinduism states that life has four stages, called "ashramas", that everyone has to go through to achieve self-realization.

Those stages are Brahmacharya (Student Stage), Grihastha (Householder Stage), Vanaprastha (Hermit Stage) and Sannyasa (Wandering Ascetic Stage).

The system of ashramas has been prevailing in Hindu culture since the 5th-century B.C.E.