ब्रह्मचर्य्यं त्यक्त्वा यो गृहाश्रमं गतः स स्नातकः
Those who left brahmacharya( studies ) and they have progressed to married life are called स्नातक ( graduate )
अन्ये च वेदविद्वांसः कृतप्रज्ञा द्विजातयः ।
गृहस्थाः स्नातकाः सन्तो ददृशुः कुरूसत्तमम् ।
– Mahabharata शांतिपर्व, राजधर्मानुशासन पर्व 1.5
– Many other Rishis, of great wisdom and well versed in the Vedic in the Vedic Lore, living as householders or belonging to the. Snataka class, came to see the King.
