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sannyasi (sun-YA-see) or sannyasin (-sin)

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nounA wandering mendicant and ascetic.[Hindi sannyasi, from Sanskrit samnyasi, from samnyasyati, he renounces : sam, together, + ni, down + asyati, he throws.]"Meanwhile her mother had died and her father had renounced life and became a sanyasi." - Thiruchandran, Selvy, Ideology, Caste, Class and Gender [Part 12 of 35], Contemporary Women's Issues Database, 1 Jan 1997.

Front	sannyasi (sun-YA-see) or sannyasin (-sin)
Back	noun A wandering mendicant and ascetic. [Hindi sannyasi, from Sanskrit samnyasi, from samnyasyati, he renounces : sam, together, + ni, down + asyati, he throws.] "Meanwhile her mother had died and her father had renounced life and became a sanyasi." - Thiruchandran, Selvy, Ideology, Caste, Class and Gender [Part 12 of 35], Contemporary Women's Issues Database, 1 Jan 1997.

Sannyasi Sun Ya See Sannyasin Sin Noun Wandering Mendicant Ascetic