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Sannyasi

Sannyasi

संन्यासिन्, saṃnyāsin (or संन्यासी, saṃnyāsī in the nominative case)

"the renounced"

Sannyasi, sannyasin is  a person who has taken sannyasa and follows the instructions of the sannyasi-ashram in Hinduism, a monk.  Sannyasi lives observing brahmacharya, having no possessions, practicing yogic forms of meditation, or (in other traditions) devotional forms of worship (bhakti), with prayers to selected Deities or God. The purpose of a sannyasi's life is moksha.



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