सन्न्यासsannyāsa

सन्न्यास (sannyāsa) is a Sanskrit word meaning a deposit or trust, a stake or wager, relinquishment, resignation, or abandonment, the profession of asceticism or abandonment of the world, giving up the body or sudden death, indian spikenard. Its 5 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them General Lexical Entries: Multiple Meanings (Renunciation, Deposit, etc.), Renunciation as Giving Up Actions (Karma-Tyāga).

Etymology: E. सम् and नि before अस to throw, to cast off, and घञ् aff. Page892
Definitions: 5

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Meanings by context

General Lexical Entries: Multiple Meanings (Renunciation, Deposit, etc.)

4 definitions

1. The abandonment of all worldly affections and possessions. 2. Abandonment in general. 3. A deposit, trust, or relinquishment. 4. Sudden death. 5. Indian spikenard.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Indian spikenard. 2. Abandonment of the world. 3. A deposit. 4. Sudden death.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Abandonment of all worldly affections and possessions. 2. Abandonment in general. 3. Deposit, trust, or relinquishment. 4. Sudden death. 5. A stake in a game. 6. Indian spikenard.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A deposit or trust. 2. A stake or wager. 3. Relinquishment, resignation, or abandonment. 4. The profession of asceticism or abandonment of the world. 5. Giving up the body or sudden death. 6. Indian spikenard.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Renunciation as Giving Up Actions (Karma-Tyāga)

1 definition

giving up of actions

— The Purana Index

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Definitions on this page come from 5 works: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.