Where does “संन्यासिनी” come from?
संन्यासिनी (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit न्यास, from Sanskrit न्यस्, from Sanskrit नि-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní, from Proto-Indo-European ni — down.
संन्यासिनी (Sanskrit): ascetic, one who has renounced the world (feminine)
Definitions
- ascetic, one who has renounced the world (feminine)
Ancestry of “संन्यासिनी”, step by step
संन्यासिनी traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit न्यास
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | न्यास | putting down or in, placing, fixing, inserting, applying, impressing, drawing, painting, writing down |
| 2 | Sanskrit | न्यस् | to throw or cast or lay or put down (with loc., e.g. भुवि, on the earth) |
| 3 | Sanskrit | नि- | into; down; without, free of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ní | down, downwards; in, into |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ni | down |