Complex sentence: The term comes from the Sanskrit roots "vana", meaning forest, and "prastha", meaning gone to; because one who is entering this stage of life is expected to learn to lose his worldly desires and retire to the forest.
Split into simpler sentences: The term comes from the Sanskrit roots "vana", meaning forest, and "prastha", meaning gone to. Because one who is entering this stage of life is expected to learn to lose his worldly desires and retire to the forest.