samana (English, noun)
expansion: samana (plural samanas)
Senses:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: An ascetic, (especially) an ascetic monk who ignores the Vedas in Buddhist and Indian contexts.
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: An ascetic monk, a Buddhist hermit.
Forms:
form: samanas
tags: plural
form: samaṇa
tags: alternative