samaṇa

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See also: samana and Samaná

English

Noun

samaṇa (plural samaṇas)

  1. Alternative form of samana

Anagrams

Pali

Alternative forms

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

Noun

samaṇa n

  1. peace; tranquillity
  2. extinguishment

Declension

See also

Further reading

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