saṃnyas

Dictionary meanings for saṃnyas from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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saṃnyas

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

4 P. 1 To place or put down, deposit.

2 To lay down or aside, give up, abandon, quit; tena tvayā śastraṃ na saṃnyastavyaṃ V. 5; saṃnyastaśastra R. 2. 59; saṃnyastābharaṇaṃ gātraṃ Me. 93; Ku. 7. 67.

3 To make or deliver over, entrust, com- mit to the care of; Bg. 3. 30.

4 To put together.

5 (Used intran- sitively) To resign the world, dis- card all worldly ties and attach- ments and become an anchorite,...

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

P. -asyati (rarely -asati), to, throw down together, place or put or lay together S3Br.; to impose, put or lay upon, intrust or commit to (gen. or loc.) Mn.; MBh. &c; to put or lay down, deposit MBh.; Ka1v. &c; to lay aside, give up, abandon, resign (esp. the... n. throwing down, laying aside, giving up, resignation, renunciation of worldly concerns Bhag. 145682 1148,1 232179 mfn. thrown down, laid aside,...

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