śramaṇa

Dictionary meanings for śramaṇa from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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śramaṇa

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. (ṇā ṇī f.) [śram-yuc] 1 Labouring, toiling.

2 Low, base, vile. ṇaḥ 1 An ascetic, a devotee, religious mendicant in general.

2 A Buddhist ascetic.

3 A beggar. ṇā-ṇī 1 A female devotee or mendicant.

2 A lovely woman.

3 A woman of low caste.

4 Bengal madder.

5 The spikenard.

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