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SANNYASI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sannyasi mean? 

SANNYASI (noun)
  The noun SANNYASI has 1 sense:

1. a Hindu religious mendicantplay

  Familiarity information: SANNYASI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SANNYASI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A Hindu religious mendicant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

sannyasi; sannyasin; sanyasi

Hypernyms ("sannyasi" is a kind of...):

Hindoo; Hindu (a person who adheres to Hinduism)

beggar; mendicant (a pauper who lives by begging)


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