स्नातक [ snātaka ] [ snātaka ] m. one who has bathed or performed ablutions (i.e. a Brāhman who , after performing the ceremonial lustrations required on his finishing his studentship as a Brahma-cārin under a religious teacher , returns home and begins the second period of his life as a Gṛiha-stha see [ samāvartana ] ; three kinds of Snātakas are named , 1. a [ vidyā-sn ] q.v. , 2. a [ vrata-sn ] ( who has completed the vows , such as fasting , continence , without the Vedas ) , 3. a [ vidyā-vrata-sn ] or [ ubhaya-sn ] ( who has completed both Vedas and vows ) , the last is the highest ; in a wider sense there may be 9 Snātakas see Lit. Mn. xi , 1) Lit. ŚBr. Lit. GṛS. Lit. Gaut. Lit. Mn. iii , 4 ( Lit. IW. 296) .