saṃnyāsaḥ

Dictionary meanings for saṃnyāsaḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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saṃnyāsaḥ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1 Leaving, abandonment.

2 Complete renunciation of the world and its possessions and at- tachments, a bandonment of tempo- ral concerns; kāmyānāṃ karmaṇāṃ tyāgaṃ saṃnyāsaṃ kavayo viduḥ; Bg. 6. 2, 18. 2; Ms. 1. 114; 5. 108.

3 A deposit, trust.

4 A stake or wager in a game.

5 Giving up the body, death.

6 Indian spikenard.

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