samana

samana

See also: samaṇa

English

Alternative forms

• samaṇa

Etymology

From Pali samaṇa. Doublet of sramana and shaman in some contexts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˌmɑːnə/, /sɑːˌmɑːnɑː/

Noun

samana (plural samanas)

1. (Religion) An ascetic, (especially) an ascetic monk who ignores the Vedas in Buddhist and Indian contexts.
2. (Buddhism) An ascetic monk, a Buddhist hermit.

Synonyms

• (Indian ascetic): sramana (esp. Hindu & Jain contexts), ascetic (Indian contexts)

Coordinate terms

• (Buddhist monk): bhikkhu

Translations

Indian ascetic

Chinese: Mandarin: 沙門／沙门 (zh) (shāmén) Czech: šramana French: samanéen, samanéenne, shramana, samana German: Samana Greek: Ancient: σαμαναῖος (samanaîos) Japanese: 沙門 (しゃもん, shamon) Polish: samana Portuguese: xrâmana Russian: шрамана (šramana) Spanish: sramana

Buddhist hermit

Arabic: شامانيّ؛ سامانيّ؛ شامان؛ سامان؛ عرّاف، ناسِك شامانيّ‎ Chinese: Mandarin: 沙門／沙门 (zh) (shāmén) Italian: shramana m Japanese: 沙門 (しゃもん, shamon) Korean: 사문(沙門) (ko) (samun) Thai: สามเณร (th) (sǎam-má-neen)

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Finnish

Pronoun

samana

1. (indefinite) essive singular of sama

Anagrams

• maansa, saaman, samaan

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Gothic

Romanization

samana

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰