Sanyasi: 4 definitions
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Sanyasi means something in Hindi, Tamil. 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.
Ambiguity: Although Sanyasi has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word .
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Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionarySanyasi in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) an anchorite; an ascetic, a monk; one who has renounced the world; hence ~[sina] fem. form..—sanyasi (संन्यासी) is alternatively transliterated as Saṃnyāsī.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSanyāsi (ಸನ್ಯಾಸಿ):—
1) [noun] a man who has renounced the worldly life and imposed self-imposed poverty with regirous discipline, desireless life for realising a higher spiritual stage; a monk.
2) [noun] ಸನ್ಯಾಸಿಯ ಸಂಸಾರ [sanyasiya samsara] (fig.) an unwanted entanglements.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconSanyāsi (ஸந்யாஸி) noun < san-nyāsin. See சன்னியாசி. [sanniyasi.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Sanyasika, Sanyasin, Sanyasini.
Ends with: Balasanyasi, Kapatasanyasi, Karmasanyasi.
Full-text (+15): Sannyasin, Sahavasadosha, Bhagava, Hastodaka, Parivrajisu, Sahavasa, Pikshu, Samadhi, Paramahamsa, Purvashrama, Parivraja, Kusumbha, Samadhistha, Jalasamadhi, Ananda, Kapalamoksha, Gurupuja, Parivrajaka, Svamin, Caturmasa.
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Search found 9 books and stories containing Sanyasi, Sanyaasi, Sanyāsi; (plurals include: Sanyasis, Sanyaasis, Sanyāsis). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Mother of Peococks < [March 1944]
Vivekananda’s Plan for India < [October – December, 1993]
The Ashram of Sri Aurobindo < [January – March, 1981]
Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology (by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri)
The Birth of Buddha < [Chapter 3 - Amarāvatī and the Formative Stage of the Buddhist Art]
Lakulisha-Pashupata (Philosophy and Practice) (by Geetika Kaw Kher)
A brief insight in Vajrayana Buddhism < [Chapter 2 - Spread and Transition]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 6.87-88 < [Section VIII - The Renouncer of the Veda (vedasaṃnyāsika)]
The Great Buddhist Emperors of Asia (by Shibani Dutta)
Chapter 2b - King Dhammaraja Milinda (Circa 165 B.C.–130 B.C.)
Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika) (by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat)
Verse 16.2 < [Chapter 16 - Daivasura-sampad-vibhaga-yoga]
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