sannyasa

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit संन्यास (saṃnyāsa).

Noun

sannyasa (uncountable)

  1. The fourth (wandering ascetic) ashrama in Hindu spiritual life.
    • 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 46:
      “Fourth stage only is sannyasa, complete and total renunciation.”
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