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)

1. (religion) An ascetic, (especially) an ascetic monk who ignores the Vedas in Buddhist and Indian contexts.
2. (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 (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

Finnish

Pronoun

samana

1. (indefinite) essive singular of sama

Anagrams

• maansa, saaman, samaan

Gothic

Romanization

samana

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰