samaṇa

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See also: samana and Samaná

English

Noun

samaṇa (plural samaṇas)

  1. Alternative form of samana

Anagrams

Pali

Alternative forms

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

More information Case \ Number, Singular ...
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)samaṇosamaṇā
Accusative (second)samaṇaṃsamaṇe
Instrumental (third)samaṇenasamaṇehi or samaṇebhi
Dative (fourth)samaṇassa or samaṇāya or samaṇatthaṃsamaṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)samaṇasmā or samaṇamhā or samaṇāsamaṇehi or samaṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)samaṇassasamaṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)samaṇasmiṃ or samaṇamhi or samaṇesamaṇesu
Vocative (calling)samaṇasamaṇā
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Noun

samaṇa n

  1. peace; tranquillity
  2. extinguishment

Declension

More information Case \ Number, Singular ...
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)samaṇaṃsamaṇāni
Accusative (second)samaṇaṃsamaṇāni
Instrumental (third)samaṇenasamaṇehi or samaṇebhi
Dative (fourth)samaṇassa or samaṇāya or samaṇatthaṃsamaṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)samaṇasmā or samaṇamhā or samaṇāsamaṇehi or samaṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)samaṇassasamaṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)samaṇasmiṃ or samaṇamhi or samaṇesamaṇesu
Vocative (calling)samaṇasamaṇāni
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See also

  • samṇa

Further reading

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

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