Where does “sannyasa” come from?
sannyasa (English) comes from Sanskrit संन्यास, from Sanskrit न्यास, from Sanskrit न्यस्, from Sanskrit नि-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní, from Proto-Indo-European ni — down.
sannyasa (English): The fourth (wandering ascetic) ashrama in Hindu spiritual life
Definitions
- The fourth (wandering ascetic) ashrama in Hindu spiritual life
Ancestry of “sannyasa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | संन्यास | renunciation of the material world; conversion to asceticism |
| 2 | Sanskrit | न्यास | putting down or in, placing, fixing, inserting, applying, impressing, drawing, painting, writing down |
| 3 | Sanskrit | न्यस् | to throw or cast or lay or put down (with loc., e.g. भुवि, on the earth) |
| 4 | Sanskrit | नि- | into; down; without, free of |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ní | down, downwards; in, into |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ni | down |