Dear Sri. Kiran B.R., >Please note that I do recognize that the word sanyasi is also used to name >the fourth Ashrama. Thanks for clarifying. Gitacharya said somewhere, 'I am the beginning premise in an argument'. I was thinking that any one who puts on saffron clothes is a sanyasi :-) (Is there a glossary of words used in tradition?) Best regards Bhadraiah