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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

Synonyms

All synonyms

abstaineralbigensiananchoriteasceticbairagibashara

Example

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

Etymology

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

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