| saṃnyāsin संन्यासिन् Definition: m. one who abandons or resigns worldly affairs, an ascetic, devotee (who has renounced all earthly concerns and devotes himself, to meditation and the study of the āraṇyaka-s or upaniṣada-s, a Brahman in the fourth āśrama- [ quod vide ] or stage of his life, a religious mendicant; see  ) |