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sannyasi

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sann⋅ya⋅si

  [suhn-yah-see]
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–noun
Hinduism. a wandering beggar and ascetic.
Origin:
1605–15; < Hindi: one who casts away
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sann·ya·si   (sŭn-yä'sē)   
n.   pl. sann·ya·sis or sann·ya·sins Hinduism
A wandering mendicant and ascetic.

[Hindi sannyāsī, from Sanskrit saṃnyāsī, from saṃnyasyati, he renounces : sam, together; see Sanskrit + ni, down + asyati, he throws.]
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