Shramanaka, Śramaṇaka: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śramaṇaka can be transliterated into English as Sramanaka or Shramanaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāŚrāmaṇaka (श्रामणक) (Cf. Śrāmaṇa) refers to “ascetics”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] At that time, sixty koṭis of Bodhisattvas, having stood up from the congregation, joined their palms, paid homage to the Lord, and then uttered these verses in one voice: ‘[...] (225) They will employ killers and act within such way of behavior, but they will say ‘We do not do it at all’. (226) ‘We are ascetics [only in name], but do not have the qualities of ascetics (śrāmaṇaka)’. Hearing the true accusation, they will reject this Sūtra. [...]’”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryŚramaṇaka (श्रमणक).—clearly with pejorative force (so also Pali sam°), wretched, contemptible, or objectionable (Bud- dhist) monk: (sa ruṣito, yāvad brāhmaṇānāṃ na dīyate…) tāvat tvayā tasmai muṇḍakāya śramaṇakāyāgrapiṇḍakaṃ dattam Divyāvadāna 13.15; (amaṅgalo 'yaṃ muṇḍakaḥ) °ṇako mayā dṛṣṭa iti 39.27; kim anena °ṇakena mama mṛtipravṛttiḥ śrutā, yena me bhavanam āgacchatīti 185.17; yasyāhaṃ priyaḥ, so 'sya muṇḍakasya °ṇaka- syopary ekaikāṃ pāṃśumuṣṭiṃ kṣipatv iti 574.2; muṇ- ḍakāḥ śram° Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya 1.47.5.
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Śrāmaṇaka (श्रामणक).—adj. (= Pali sām°; compare a-śrā°, śrāma- ṇyaka), monkish, belonging to monks: °kaṃ susukham anubhonti Samādhirājasūtra 19.28 (verse), experience a monk's excellent joy; asmākaṃ…na ca °kā guṇāḥ Śikṣāsamuccaya 47.3, and we have not the qualities of monks (i.e. which monks should have).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚramaṇaka (श्रमणक).—[masculine] ṇikā [feminine] = [preceding] [masculine] & [feminine]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śramaṇaka (श्रमणक):—[from śram] m. (and f(ikā). ) a Buddhist or Jain ascetic, [Mṛcchakaṭikā; Daśakumāra-carita]
2) Śrāmaṇaka (श्रामणक):—[from śram] m. or n. ([from] idem) Name of a [particular] contrivance for kindling fire, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra; Baudhāyana-dharma-śāstra; Vasiṣṭha] ([varia lectio] śrāvaṇaka).
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚramaṇaka (ಶ್ರಮಣಕ):—[noun] = ಶ್ರಮಣ [shramana]2 - 4.
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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