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Definition of Sannyasi
1. Noun. A Hindu religious mendicant.
Definition of Sannyasi
1. a Hindu monk [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sannyasi
Literary usage of Sannyasi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Description of the Character, Manners, and Customs of the People of India by Jean Antoine Dubois (1817)
"A HE fourth degree to which a Brahman can attain, is that of sannyasi; ...
They add, that, as soon as a sannyasi dies, he passes straightway to the world of ..."
2. Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1827)
"The fourth state of a Brahmin is called sannyasi, which is reckoned so ...
A sannyasi, when he dies, is believed to pass straightway to the world of Brahma ..."
3. Hindu Manners, Customs, and Ceremonies by Jean Antoine Dubois, Henry King Beauchamp (1897)
"I was a novice for four months,' said one of them, ' under a sannyasi who had
... My director, the sannyasi, who had warned me that while going through this ..."
4. Swami Vivekananda and His Guru: With Letters from Prominent Americans on the by Vivekananda (1897)
"SWAMI VIVEKANANDA'S PRETENSIONS TO BE A sannyasi. Before considering the Swami's
qualifications as a teacher of Vedanta, it may be well to take up a simpler ..."
5. The Triple Flame: The Inner Secrets of Sufism by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (2001)
"Now he proceeded to the Maldive mountain where the devouring demon lived, where
there was a sannyasi, a renunci- ate, who knew the Qutb -* was coming and ..."
6. Description of the Character, Manners, and Customs of the People of India by Jean Antoine Dubois (1817)
"A HE fourth degree to which a Brahman can attain, is that of sannyasi; ...
They add, that, as soon as a sannyasi dies, he passes straightway to the world of ..."
7. Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1827)
"The fourth state of a Brahmin is called sannyasi, which is reckoned so ...
A sannyasi, when he dies, is believed to pass straightway to the world of Brahma ..."
8. Hindu Manners, Customs, and Ceremonies by Jean Antoine Dubois, Henry King Beauchamp (1897)
"I was a novice for four months,' said one of them, ' under a sannyasi who had
... My director, the sannyasi, who had warned me that while going through this ..."
9. Swami Vivekananda and His Guru: With Letters from Prominent Americans on the by Vivekananda (1897)
"SWAMI VIVEKANANDA'S PRETENSIONS TO BE A sannyasi. Before considering the Swami's
qualifications as a teacher of Vedanta, it may be well to take up a simpler ..."
10. The Triple Flame: The Inner Secrets of Sufism by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (2001)
"Now he proceeded to the Maldive mountain where the devouring demon lived, where
there was a sannyasi, a renunci- ate, who knew the Qutb -* was coming and ..."
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