sannyasa

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noun

The fourth (wandering ascetic) ashrama in Hindu spiritual life.

OriginSanskrit संन्यास →
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Meanings

nounsannyasa (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe fourth (wandering ascetic) ashrama in Hindu spiritual life.

    “Fourth stage only is sannyasa, complete and total renunciation.”

    2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 46

Origin

  1. Sanskritसंन्यास
  2. Englishsannyasa

From Sanskrit संन्यास (saṃnyāsa).

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Translations

Polish sannjasa
  • sannjasafourth stage of Hindu spiritual life
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