The story
- Pali · learned borrowing fromsamaṇa
- English todaysamana
From Pali samaṇa. Doublet of sramana and shaman in some contexts.
Words from the same roots
Palisamaṇa all →
shaman
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
samana
Today it means: An ascetic, (especially) an ascetic monk who ignores the Vedas in Buddhist and Indian contexts. Full definition →
Pali samaṇa