sannyasi

American

[suhn-yah-see] / sʌnˈjɑ si /

noun

Hinduism. a wandering beggar and ascetic.

sannyasi British

/ sʌnˈjɑːsɪ /

noun

Also called: renunciate. a Brahman who having attained the fourth and last stage of life as a beggar will not be reborn, but will instead be absorbed into the Universal Soul

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Etymology

Origin of sannyasi

1605–15; < Hindi: one who casts away

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From Tanjore in south India came two emissaries of Sri Amblavana Desigar, head of a sannyasi order of Hindu ascetics.

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In India, Father Roberto de Nobili assumed the saffron robes and vegetarian diet of a Hindu sannyasi, or holy man.

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One sannyasi carried a scepter of gold, five feet long, two inches thick.

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My smouldering reflections on social reform were interrupted by the voice of a tall sannyasi who halted before me.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

This sannyasi, we see, is powerful like Brahma.

From Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita by K???ad?sa Kavir?ja Gosv?mi

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