sannyasi
/sənˈjɑːsi
/(also sanyasi or sannyasin)
noun (plural same)
A Hindu religious mendicant.By himself becoming a Hindu and a sannyasin, he has challenged the obnoxious caste system....
- Ordinarily, a traditional sannyasin would not have accepted them.
- He had taken to life of sannyasin at this tender age of boyhood.
Origin
Based on Sanskrit saṃnyāsin 'laying aside, ascetic', from saṃ 'together' + ni 'down' + as 'throw'.