संन्यास
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit संन्यास (saṃnyāsa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sənn.jɑːs/
Noun
संन्यास • (sannyās) m
- (Hinduism) renunciation of the material world; conversion to asceticism
Declension
| Declension of संन्यास | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Direct | संन्यास (sannyās) | संन्यास (sannyās) |
| Oblique | संन्यास (sannyās) | संन्यासों (sannyāsõ) |
| Vocative | संन्यास (sannyās) | संन्यासो (sannyāso) |
Derived terms
- संन्यासी (sannyāsī)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “संन्यास”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press