samaṇa

See also: samana and Samaná

English

Noun

samaṇa (plural samaṇas)

1. Alternative form of samana.

Anagrams

• Samaan, Manasa, samaan

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀫𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• समण (Devanagari script)
• সমণ (Bengali script)
• සමණ (Sinhalese script)
• သမဏ or သမꧣ (Burmese script)
• สมณ or สะมะณะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᨾᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ສມຓ or ສະມະຓະ (Lao script)
• សមណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄟𑄕 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit श्रमण (śramaṇa).

Noun

samaṇa m (feminine samaṇī)

1. (religion) samana, sramana, a person who has abandoned society and property for religious reasons but does not follow the Vedas

   ဨကဘတ္တိကော သမဏော ဂေါတမော ရတ္တူပရတော ဝိရတော ဝိကာလဘောဇနာ။

   ekabhattiko samaṇo gotamo rattūparato virato vikālabhojanā.

   The gautama monk usually eats only one meal, he abstains from dinner eating.

   (Example originally supplied by User:咽頭べさ for သမဏော (samaṇo))

2. (religion) ascetic, mendicant, an adherent of similarly austere religious practices in other contexts
3. recluse, any person who similarly abandons society

Declension

Declension table of "samaṇa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	samaṇo	samaṇā
Accusative (second)	samaṇaṃ	samaṇe
Instrumental (third)	samaṇena	samaṇehi or samaṇebhi
Dative (fourth)	samaṇassa or samaṇāya or samaṇatthaṃ	samaṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	samaṇasmā or samaṇamhā or samaṇā	samaṇehi or samaṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)	samaṇassa	samaṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	samaṇasmiṃ or samaṇamhi or samaṇe	samaṇesu
Vocative (calling)	samaṇa	samaṇā

Descendants

• → Tamil: சமணம் (camaṇam), சமணர் (camaṇar)

Noun

samaṇa n

1. peace; tranquillity
2. extinguishment

Declension

Declension table of "samaṇa" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	samaṇaṃ	samaṇāni
Accusative (second)	samaṇaṃ	samaṇāni
Instrumental (third)	samaṇena	samaṇehi or samaṇebhi
Dative (fourth)	samaṇassa or samaṇāya or samaṇatthaṃ	samaṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	samaṇasmā or samaṇamhā or samaṇā	samaṇehi or samaṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)	samaṇassa	samaṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	samaṇasmiṃ or samaṇamhi or samaṇe	samaṇesu
Vocative (calling)	samaṇa	samaṇāni

See also

• samṇa

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “samaṇa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead