Definition of Sannyasins

1. sannyasin [n] - See also: sannyasin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sannyasins

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

Literary usage of Sannyasins

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

1. India and Its Faiths: A Traveler's Record by James Bissett Pratt (1915)
"There are not many sannyasins to-day who have attained to ... In that book we see sannyasins of the old type hurrying from one end of India to the other in ..."

2. Merging with Śiva: Hinduism's Contemporary Metaphysics = Śiva Sāyujy by Subramuniya, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, Master Subramuniya (2002)
"... swami, and one of a world brotherhood (or holy order) of sannyasins. Some sannyasins are wanderers and others live in monasteries. ..."

3. Living With Siva by Subramuniya (2001)
"sannyasins who were formerly married are not generally afforded the same respect as sannyasins who never entered the family dharma. ..."

4. Weaver's Wisdom: Ancient Precepts for a Perfect Life : an American English by Tiruvaḷḷuvar, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1999)
"While in Sri Lanka in 1975,1 directed two of my sannyasins to ... The two sannyasins had to meditate on exactly what the saint meant, for often his verses ..."

5. Dancing with Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (2003)
"The sannyasins are the religious leaders, the bedrock of the Sanatana Dharma. ... The sannyasins first sacred vow is renunciation, the surrendering of the ..."

6. 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)
"Additionally, several large cenobitic orders have branches outside India, such as the Ramakrishna Mission, with 1000 sannyasins; Swaminarayan Gadi, ..."

7. Brahmadarsanam: Or, Intuition of the Absolute, Being an Introduction to the by Ānanda Āchārya (1917)
"The interpretation is in the hands of Brahmanas and sannyasins; the Brahmanas teach the lay pupils, and the sannyasins teach those who renounce the pursuits ..."

8. Brahmadarsanam: Or, Intuition of the Absolute, Being an Introduction to the by Ānanda Āchārya (1917)
"These teachers, who were known by the name of sannyasins, were, ... These sannyasins, trained in the science of self-knowledge and self- control, ..."

9. India and Its Faiths: A Traveler's Record by James Bissett Pratt (1915)
"There are not many sannyasins to-day who have attained to ... In that book we see sannyasins of the old type hurrying from one end of India to the other in ..."

10. Merging with Śiva: Hinduism's Contemporary Metaphysics = Śiva Sāyujy by Subramuniya, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, Master Subramuniya (2002)
"... swami, and one of a world brotherhood (or holy order) of sannyasins. Some sannyasins are wanderers and others live in monasteries. ..."

11. Living With Siva by Subramuniya (2001)
"sannyasins who were formerly married are not generally afforded the same respect as sannyasins who never entered the family dharma. ..."

12. Weaver's Wisdom: Ancient Precepts for a Perfect Life : an American English by Tiruvaḷḷuvar, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1999)
"While in Sri Lanka in 1975,1 directed two of my sannyasins to ... The two sannyasins had to meditate on exactly what the saint meant, for often his verses ..."

13. Dancing with Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (2003)
"The sannyasins are the religious leaders, the bedrock of the Sanatana Dharma. ... The sannyasins first sacred vow is renunciation, the surrendering of the ..."

14. 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)
"Additionally, several large cenobitic orders have branches outside India, such as the Ramakrishna Mission, with 1000 sannyasins; Swaminarayan Gadi, ..."

15. Brahmadarsanam: Or, Intuition of the Absolute, Being an Introduction to the by Ānanda Āchārya (1917)
"The interpretation is in the hands of Brahmanas and sannyasins; the Brahmanas teach the lay pupils, and the sannyasins teach those who renounce the pursuits ..."

16. Brahmadarsanam: Or, Intuition of the Absolute, Being an Introduction to the by Ānanda Āchārya (1917)
"These teachers, who were known by the name of sannyasins, were, ... These sannyasins, trained in the science of self-knowledge and self- control, ..."

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