samaṇa

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See also: samana and Samaná

English

Noun

samaṇa (plural samaṇas)

  1. Alternative form of samana.

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit श्रमण (śramaṇa).

Noun

samaṇa m (feminine samaṇī)

  1. (Religion) samana, sramana, a person who has abandoned society and property for religious reasons but does not follow the Vedas
    ဨကဘတ္တိကော သမဏော ဂေါတမော ရတ္တူပရတော ဝိရတော ဝိကာလဘောဇနာ။
    ekabhattiko samaṇo gotamo rattūparato virato vikālabhojanā.
    The gautama monk usually eats only one meal, he abstains from dinner eating.
    (Example originally supplied by User:咽頭べさ for သမဏော (samaṇo))
  2. (Religion) ascetic, mendicant, an adherent of similarly austere religious practices in other contexts
  3. recluse, any person who similarly abandons society

Declension

Declension table of "samaṇa" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)samaṇosamaṇā
Accusative (second)samaṇaṃsamaṇe
Instrumental (third)samaṇenasamaṇehi or samaṇebhi
Dative (fourth)samaṇassa or samaṇāya or samaṇatthaṃsamaṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)samaṇasmā or samaṇamhā or samaṇāsamaṇehi or samaṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)samaṇassasamaṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)samaṇasmiṃ or samaṇamhi or samaṇesamaṇesu
Vocative (calling)samaṇasamaṇā

Noun

samaṇa n

  1. peace; tranquillity
  2. extinguishment

Declension

Declension table of "samaṇa" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)samaṇaṃsamaṇāni
Accusative (second)samaṇaṃsamaṇāni
Instrumental (third)samaṇenasamaṇehi or samaṇebhi
Dative (fourth)samaṇassa or samaṇāya or samaṇatthaṃsamaṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)samaṇasmā or samaṇamhā or samaṇāsamaṇehi or samaṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)samaṇassasamaṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)samaṇasmiṃ or samaṇamhi or samaṇesamaṇesu
Vocative (calling)samaṇasamaṇāni

See also

Further reading

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “samaṇa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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