Sanyas: 3 definitions
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Sanyas means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySanyas (सन्यस्):—[from sana] mfn. = sanīyas, [Ṛg-veda]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionarySanyas in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) renunciation, asceticism; abandonment of worldly ties or mundane interests; the fourth stage of life according to Hindu tradition (when one is supposed to renounce all worldly considerations)—see [ashrama; —lena] to renounce the world..—sanyas (संन्यास) is alternatively transliterated as Saṃnyāsa.
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Starts with: Sanyasa, Sanyasam, Sanyasana, Sanyasanamgey, Sanyasanavidhana, Sanyasanavidhi, Sanyasavrajana, Sanyasi, Sanyasika, Sanyasin, Sanyasini, Sanyastapada, Sanyastasamjna, Shanyashtaka.
Full-text: Samnyasa.
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Macabre Queue < [January – March, 1978]
Scientific Approach to Hinduism < [July 1964]
Indian Culture < [October 1970]
Social philosophy of Swami Vivekananda (by Baruah Debajit)
Folk Tales of Gujarat (and Jhaverchand Meghani) (by Vandana P. Soni)