Definition of Sannyasin

1. Noun. A Hindu religious mendicant.

Exact synonyms: Sannyasi, Sanyasi
Generic synonyms: Hindoo, Hindu, Beggar, Mendicant

Definition of Sannyasin

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sannyasin

sankhas
sanko
sankos
sankyu
sankyuu
sanmartinite
sannamycin B glycyltransferase
sannie
sannies
sannop
sannops
sannup
sannups
sanny
sannyasi
sannyasin (current term)
sannyasins
sannyasis
sanpan
sanpans
sans
sans-culotte
sans-culottic
sans-culottism
sans-culottisms
sans-serif
sans serif
sans serifs
sansa
sansar

Literary usage of Sannyasin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. What Is Hinduism?: Modern Adventures Into a Profound Global Faith by Editors of Hinduism Today, Hinduism Today Magazine Editors, From the Editors of Hinduism Today (2007)
"Sing high that note, sannyasin bold! Say, "Om Tat Sat, Om!" Strike off thy fetters! bonds that bind thee down, Of shining gold, or darker, baser ore- Love, ..."

2. Dancing With Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (2003)
"The seasoned sannyasin is truly the liberated man, the spiritual exemplar, the disciplined ... The sannyasin is the guardian ofhis religion, immersed in it ..."

3. The Philosophy of the Upanishads by Paul Deussen (1908)
"A summary in verse is given of the objects which a less strict observance allows to the sannyasin :— Pot, drinking-cup and flask, The three supports, ..."

4. Yoga's Forgotten Foundation: Twenty Timeless Keys to Your Divine Destiny by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (2004)
"The sannyasin must be totally truthful to himself, to his guru, to the Gods and to Lord Siva, who resides within him every minute of every hour of every day ..."

5. Redemption, Hindu and Christian by Sydney Cave (1919)
"He wished to shun the duty of a householder and become at once a sannyasin. His mother bemoaned the loneliness that would be hers with no daughter- in-law ..."

6. Living With Siva by Subramuniya (2001)
"Then off with them, sannyasin bold! Say “Om Tat Sat, Om! ... The Self is all in all—none else exists; And thou art That, sannyasin bold! Say “Om Tat Sat, ..."

7. What Is Hinduism?: Modern Adventures Into a Profound Global Faith by Editors of Hinduism Today, Hinduism Today Magazine Editors, From the Editors of Hinduism Today (2007)
"Sing high that note, sannyasin bold! Say, "Om Tat Sat, Om!" Strike off thy fetters! bonds that bind thee down, Of shining gold, or darker, baser ore- Love, ..."

8. Dancing With Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (2003)
"The seasoned sannyasin is truly the liberated man, the spiritual exemplar, the disciplined ... The sannyasin is the guardian ofhis religion, immersed in it ..."

9. The Philosophy of the Upanishads by Paul Deussen (1908)
"A summary in verse is given of the objects which a less strict observance allows to the sannyasin :— Pot, drinking-cup and flask, The three supports, ..."

10. Yoga's Forgotten Foundation: Twenty Timeless Keys to Your Divine Destiny by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (2004)
"The sannyasin must be totally truthful to himself, to his guru, to the Gods and to Lord Siva, who resides within him every minute of every hour of every day ..."

11. Redemption, Hindu and Christian by Sydney Cave (1919)
"He wished to shun the duty of a householder and become at once a sannyasin. His mother bemoaned the loneliness that would be hers with no daughter- in-law ..."

12. Living With Siva by Subramuniya (2001)
"Then off with them, sannyasin bold! Say “Om Tat Sat, Om! ... The Self is all in all—none else exists; And thou art That, sannyasin bold! Say “Om Tat Sat, ..."

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