# Sannyāsa
*23 references in Caitanya-caritāmṛta*
* acceptance of forbidden in Kali-yuga, *[[cc/adi/2/5#purport|Ādi 2.5]]*
* Nityānanda never took, **[[cc/adi/5/148#translation|Ādi 5.148]]**, [[cc/adi/5/149|Ādi 5.149]]
* taken by Caitanya at twenty-four
* taken in Vaiṣṇava sampradāya, *[[cc/adi/3/34#purport|Ādi 3.34]]*, **[[cc/adi/3/35#translation|Ādi 3.35]]**
* accepted by Lord Caitanya, *[[cc/adi/7/31-32#purport|Ādi 7.31-32]]*, [[cc/adi/7/33|Ādi 7.33]], *[[cc/adi/7/33#purport|Ādi 7.33]]*, **[[cc/adi/7/34#translation|Ādi 7.34]]**, *[[cc/adi/7/34#purport|Ādi 7.34]]*, **[[cc/adi/7/35#translation|Ādi 7.35]]**, *[[cc/adi/8/9#purport|Ādi 8.9]]*, [[cc/adi/8/10|Ādi 8.10]], [[cc/adi/8/11|Ādi 8.11]]
* four divisions of, *[[cc/adi/7/34#purport|Ādi 7.34]]*, **[[cc/adi/7/35#translation|Ādi 7.35]]**
* accepted by Viśvarūpa, [[cc/adi/15/14|Ādi 15.14]]
* as most elevated order
* forbidden in Kali-yuga, [[cc/adi/17/164|Ādi 17.164]], **[[cc/adi/17/165#translation|Ādi 17.165]]**
* offered only to brāhmaṇas, [[cc/adi/17/266|Ādi 17.266]]
* recommended by Caitanya, [[cc/adi/15/15|Ādi 15.15]], **[[cc/adi/15/17#translation|Ādi 15.17]]**, [[cc/adi/15/16|Ādi 15.16]]