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sannyasis

sannyasis is the plural of sannyasi.

Meaning of sannyasi

Noun

sannyasi (plural sannyasis)

  1. (Hinduism) A man in the stage of sannyasa; a wandering ascetic, a religious mendicant.
    • Only a householder could do the rites, they said – not a sannyasi.2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 56

Questions about sannyasis

What is sannyasis the plural of?
Sannyasis is the plural of sannyasi.

Words near sannyasis in the dictionary

  1. sannyasi
  2. sannyasin
  3. sannyasini
  4. sannyasinis
  5. sannyasins
  6. sannyasis
  7. Sano
  8. Sanon
  9. Sanone
  10. Sanons
  11. Sanor

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