[Advaita-l] renunciation

[Sanjay Varma]

tyaga is closest to renunciation.
vairagya is more like detachment.
nivritti marga refers to those stages of vanaprastha and sannyasa,
where the focus turns inwards, away from worldly desires.

On 5/14/06, Sylvain <elisabeth-sylvain at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Regarding "renunciation", which sanskrit word means it best ?  tyAga ?,
> nivRitti-mArga ?,  vairAgya ?
> Are these names synonyms ?