[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1602 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1602](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1602) 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. - [Previous: c5.1601](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1601) - [Next: c5.1603](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1603) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1602](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1602) · Pramāṇa