sannyasi

American  

[suhn-yah-see] / sʌnˈyɑ si /

noun

1. Hinduism. a wandering beggar and ascetic.

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sannyasi British  

/ sʌnˈjɑːsɪ, sʌnˈjɑːsɪn /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

So I came to you, on hearing of your reputation, and yet you praise me because I am a sannyasi!

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

A sannyasi has come here from Jagann�th, whose glory and power I cannot adequately describe.

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