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Noun: sannyasi  sun'yaa-see
  1. A Hindu religious mendicant
    "The sannyasi renounced worldly possessions to pursue spiritual enlightenment";
    - sannyasin, sanyasi

Derived forms: sannyasis

Type of: beggar, Hindoo [archaic], Hindu, mendicant

Encyclopedia: Sannyasi