According to the Ashrama system of Vedic life, which of the following was the third stage of life?

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The classical Vedic ashrama system consists of four stages in the following order:

1. Brahmacharya — the student stage (learning under a guru).
2. Grihastha — the householder stage (family life and work).
3. Vanaprastha — the retired/forest-dweller stage (withdrawal from household duties).
4. Sannyasa — the renunciation stage (fully detached, spiritual focus).

Thus the third stage is Vanaprastha (option (4)). FINAL_ANSWER: d

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