Sannyasin, Saṃnyāsin, Sannyāsin, Saṃnyāsī, Samnyasin, Samnyasi: 12 definitions

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In Hinduism

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study (dharma)

Sannyāsin (सन्न्यासिन्) or Sannyāsa refers to the fourth of the four “stages of life” (aśrama), according to the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—From the times of the most ancient dharmaśāstras the number of āśramas has been four:—Brahmacarya, Gṛhastha, Vānaprastha and Sannyāsin.—After spending the third part of his life in the forest for some times he spends the rest of his life as a Sannyāsin (sannyāsa). This is a stage of transition from the life of a householder to that of the Sannyāsin; and it is a period of probation entitling one to enter a state of complete renunciation.

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

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Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions

Saṃnyāsin (संन्यासिन्) refers to “renouncers”, according to the Jayadrathayāmala, Ṣaṭka 1 verse 13.3–18::—Accordingly, “[...] [And], O Goddess, [the Śivadharmadīkṣā] has two forms: in Śaiva scriptures the division of initiation is called that without the seed and that with the seed. The Ācārya performs the [initiation] which contains the duty to perform post-initiatory rites purified for children, imbeciles, those whose limbs suffered trauma, deaf people, women, people who are suffering from chronic illness and kings and renouncers (saṃnyāsin) who are extremely devoted [to Śiva]; this [initiation] is the nirbījā. [...]”.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃnyāsin (संन्यासिन्).—m.

1) One who lays down or deposits.

2) One who abandons, gives up; सर्वसंकल्पसंन्यासी योगा- रूढस्तदोच्यते (sarvasaṃkalpasaṃnyāsī yogā- rūḍhastadocyate) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 6.4.

3) One who completely renounces the world and its attachments, an ascetic, a Brāhmaṇa in the fourth order of his religious life; ज्ञेयः स नित्य- संन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति (jñeyaḥ sa nitya- saṃnyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 5.3.

4) One who abstains from food (tyaktāhāra); उवाच मारुर्वृद्धे संन्यासिन्यत्र वानरान् (uvāca mārurvṛddhe saṃnyāsinyatra vānarān) Bhaṭṭikāvya 7.76.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sannyāsin (सन्न्यासिन्).—m. (-sī) 1. The Brahman of the fourth order, the religious mendicant. 2. An ascetic, a devotee. 3. One who lays down or deposits. E. sannyāsa abandonment of the world, ini aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃnyāsin (संन्यासिन्).—i. e. saṃnyāsa + in, m. 1. One who has abandoned all worldly affections, etc. (see saṃnyāsa), [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 5, 3; [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 48, 15. 2. The Brāhmaṇa of the fourth order, the religious mendicant. 3. An ascetic.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃnyāsin (संन्यासिन्).—[adjective] renouncing, resigning (—°); [absolutely] who has abandoned the world.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Saṃnyāsin (संन्यासिन्):—[=saṃ-nyāsin] [from saṃny-as] mfn. laying aside, giving up, abandoning, renouncing, [Aṣṭāvakra-saṃhitā]

2) [v.s. ...] abstaining from food, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]

3) [v.s. ...] m. one who abandons or resigns worldly affairs, an ascetic, devotee (who has renounced all earthly concerns and devotes himself, to meditation and the study of the Āraṇyakas or Upaniṣadas, a Brāhman in the fourth Āśrama q.v. or stage of his life, a religious mendicant; cf. [Religious Thought and Life in India 53, 55 etc.]), [Upaniṣad; Mahābhārata; Purāṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sannyāsin (सन्न्यासिन्):—(sī) 5. m. The Brāhman of the fourth order; a religious mendicant, a devotee.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Saṃnyāsin (संन्यासिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Saṃṇāsi.

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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.

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Saṃnyāsī (संन्यासी) [Also spelled sanyasi]:—(nm) an anchorite; an ascetic, a monk; one who has renounced the world; hence ~[sina] fem. form.

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Kannada-English dictionary

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Saṃnyāsi (ಸಂನ್ಯಾಸಿ):—[noun] a man who is not influenced by personal interest, selfish motives, sensual enjoyments, worldly possessions, etc.; he who has renounced everything and is leading an ascetic life, for religious purpose.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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