A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1602
A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1602
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SANNYĀSĪ. A Brāhman in the fourth and last stage of his religious life. (See Brāhman.) In the present day the term has a wider meaning, and is applied to various kinds of religious mendicants who wander about and subsist upon alms, most of them in a filthy condition and with very scanty clothing. They are generally devotees of Siva.