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samaṇa

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

IPA^(key): /səˌmɑːnə/, /sɑːˌmɑːnɑː/

samana (plural samanas)

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

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

(Buddhist monk): bhikkhu

Indian ascetic

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

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)
Vietnamese: sa-môn

Samaan, Manasa, samaan

samana

(indefinite) essive singular of sama

maansa, saaman, samaan

samana

Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰