English
Etymology
From Pali samaṇa. Doublet of sramana and shaman in some contexts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˌmɑːnə/, /sɑːˌmɑːnɑː/
Noun
samana (plural samanas)
- (religion) An ascetic, (especially) an ascetic monk who ignores the Vedas in Buddhist and Indian contexts.
- (Buddhism) An ascetic monk, a Buddhist hermit.
Synonyms
- (Indian ascetic): sramana (esp. Hindu & Jain contexts), ascetic (Indian contexts)
Coordinate terms
Translations
Indian ascetic
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 沙門 / 沙门 (zh) (shāmén)
- Czech: šramana
- French: samanéen, samanéenne, shramana, samana (fr)
- German: Samana
- Greek:
- Ancient: σαμαναῖος (samanaîos)
- Japanese: 沙門 (しゃもん, shamon)
- Polish: samana
- Portuguese: xrâmana
- Russian: шрамана (šramana)
- Spanish: sramana
- Vietnamese: sa-môn
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Buddhist hermit
- Arabic: شامانيّ؛ سامانيّ؛ شامان؛ سامان؛ عرّاف، ناسِك شامانيّ
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 沙門 / 沙门 (zh) (shāmén)
- Italian: shramana m
- Japanese: 沙門 (しゃもん, shamon)
- Korean: 사문(沙門) (ko) (samun)
- Thai: สามเณร (th) (sǎam-má-neen)
- Vietnamese: sa-môn
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Finnish
Pronoun
samana
- (indefinite) essive singular of sama
Anagrams
Gothic
Romanization
samana
- romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰