Sannyasi

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A man in the stage of sannyasa; a wandering ascetic, a religious mendicant. Hinduism

    "Only a householder could do the rites, they said – not a sannyasi."

  2. 2
    a Hindu religious mendicant wordnet

Etymology

Via Hindi संन्यासी (sannyāsī), ultimately from Sanskrit संन्यासिन् (saṃnyāsin).

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