sannyasa
(saṃnyāsa)
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samnyasa |
| Short Description: |
Renunciation of the world and its attachments. |
| Long Description: |
Renunciation of the world and its attachment; the formal breaking of all ties to family, caste, and property at the outset of the final stage of life. A sannyasin (saṃnyāsin) is an ascetic, one who has renounced the world. Sannyas-asrama (Saṃnyās-āśrama) is the last of the four stages in a man's life wherein the forest-dweller renounces the world and directs all effort towards liberation. |
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| Related Terms: |
brahmacarya grhastha (alt: grihastha) vanaprastha |
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