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noun
A man in the stage of sannyasa; a wandering ascetic, a religious mendicant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hinduism
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noun
a Hindu religious mendicant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sannyasin, sanyasi
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Hindu, Hindoo, beggar, mendicant
History
Via Hindi संन्यासी (sannyāsī), ultimately from Sanskrit संन्यासिन् (saṃnyāsin).
