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)

(Religion) An ascetic, (especially) an ascetic monk who ignores the Vedas in Buddhist and Indian contexts.
(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)

Finnish

Pronoun

samana

(indefinite) essive singular of sama

Anagrams

maansa, saaman, samaan

Gothic

Romanization

samana

Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰

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