saṃnyāsin

Dictionary meanings for saṃnyāsin from Apte and Monier-Williams.

apte

saṃnyāsin

Normalized lookup: samnyasin

Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

m. 1 One who lays down or deposits.

2 One who completely renounces the world and its attachments, an ascetic, a Brā- hmaṇa in the fourth order of his religious life; jñeyaḥ sa nityasaṃnyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṃkṣati Bg. 5. 3.

3 One who abstains from food (tyaktāhāra); Bk. 7. 76.

Source entry

Loading search…