# सन्न्यास (sannyāsa)

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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 — E. sam and ni before asa to throw, to cast off, and ghañ aff. Page892
- **SLP1:** `sannyAsa`  **IAST:** sannyāsa  **Devanagari:** सन्न्यास
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sannyasa/declensions.md

## 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*
  > सन्न्यास (sannyāsa) [Printed book page 891 ] सन्न्यास (sannyāsa) m. ( - सः (-saḥ) ) 1 Abandonment of all worldly affections and possessions. 2 Abandonment in general. 3 Deposit, trust, or relinquishment to. 5 Sudden death. 6 Indian spikenard. E. सम् (sam) and नि (ni) before अस (asa) to throw, to cast off, and घञ् (ghañ) aff. Page892 [ ID=40406 ]
- 1. Indian spikenard. 2. Abandonment of the world. 3. A deposit. 4. Sudden death.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सन्न्यास (sannyāsa) [Printed book page 812-a ] सन्न्या - स (sannyā-sa) ( सः ) ((saḥ)) 1. m. Indian spikenard; abandonment of the world; deposit; sudden death. [ ID=40109 ]
- 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*
  > सन्न्यास (sannyāsa) [Printed book page 759-a ] सन्न्यास (sannyāsa) m. ( - सः (-saḥ) ) 1. Abandonment of all worldly affections and possessions. 2. Abandonment in general. 3. Deposit, trust, or relinquishment to. 4. Sudden death. 5. A stake in game. 6. Indian spikenard. E. सम् (sam) and नि (ni) before अस् (as) to throw, to cast off, and घञ् (ghañ) aff. [ ID=42409 ]
- 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)*
  > सन्न्यास (sannyāsa) [Printed book page 1063-b ] San-nyāsa, as, m. deposit, trust; stake, wager; relinquishment, resignation, abandonment, profession of asceticism, abandonment of the world; giving up the body, sudden death; Indian spikenard. —San- nyāsa-grahaṇa, am, n. assuming or practising asceticism. —Sannyāsa-grahaṇa-paddhati, is, f., N. of a short treatise on the duties of ascetics by Śaṅkarācārya. —Sannyāsa-dharma, as, m. the duty of giving up worldly concerns, asceticism. —Sannyāsa-dharma-saṅgraha, as, m., N. of a short treatise on the duties of ascetics. —Sannyāso- paniṣad (°sa-up°), t, f., N. of an Upaniṣad belonging to the Atharva-veda. [ ID=49411 ]

### Renunciation as Giving Up Actions (Karma-Tyāga) (1 definition)
- giving up of actions  
  *The Purana Index*
  > सन्न्यास (sannyāsa) [Printed book page 3-531 ] Sannyāsa(yati) — giving up of karmas by. Br. II. 32. 58; M. 145. 54. [ ID=15331 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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