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  1. sannyasi, sannyasin, sanyasinoun

    a Hindu religious mendicant

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  1. sannyasin

    Sannyasa (Sanskrit: संन्यास; IAST: Saṃnyāsa), sometimes spelled Sanyasa (सन्न्यास) or Sanyasi (for the person), is life of renunciation and the fourth stage within the Hindu system of four life stages known as Ashramas, with the first three being Brahmacharya (bachelor student), Grihastha (householder) and Vanaprastha (forest dweller, retired). Sannyasa is traditionally conceptualized for men or women in late years of their life, but young brahmacharis have had the choice to skip the householder and retirement stages, renounce worldly and materialistic pursuits and dedicate their lives to spiritual pursuits. Sannyasa is a form of asceticism, is marked by renunciation of material desires and prejudices, represented by a state of disinterest and detachment from material life, and has the purpose of spending one's life in peaceful, spiritual pursuits. An individual in Sanyasa is known as a Sannyasi (male) or Sannyasini (female) in Hinduism, which in many ways parallel to the Sadhu and Sadhvi traditions of Jain monasticism, the bhikkhus and bhikkhunis of Buddhism.Sannyasa has historically been a stage of renunciation, ahimsa (non-violence) peaceful and simple life and spiritual pursuit in Indian traditions. However, this has not always been the case. After the invasions and establishment of Muslim rule in India, from the 12th century through the British Raj, parts of the Shaiva (Gossain) and Vaishnava (Bairagi) ascetics metamorphosed into a military order, where they developed martial arts, created military strategies, and engaged in guerrilla warfare. These warrior sanyasi (ascetics) played an important role in helping European colonial powers establish themselves in the Indian subcontinent.

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  1. sannyasin

    A sannyasin is a religious ascetic or holy person in Hinduism who has relinquished all material and physical desires and relationships to seek spiritual liberation and enlightenment, often through meditation and contemplation of the Supreme Being. This renunciation is typically symbolized by wearing saffron-colored clothing. The term also applies to the final phase of life in the Vedic Ashrama system.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sannyasin in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sannyasin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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