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samaṇa

samaṇa is the alternative form of samana.

Meaning of samana

Noun

samana (plural samanas)

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

Forms of samaṇa

pluralsamaṇas

Questions about samaṇa

What is samaṇa the alternative form of?
Samaṇa is the alternative form of samana.

Words near samaṇa in the dictionary

  1. Samaveda
  2. Samavedic
  3. Samay
  4. Samayoa
  5. Samayoas
  6. samaṇa
  7. samba
  8. samba rice
  9. samba school
  10. samba schools
  11. Sambaa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: samaṇa (page history and authors); samana (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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