sannyasa

English

Etymology

Sanskrit संन्यास (saṃnyāsa)

Noun

sannyasa (uncountable)

1. The fourth (wandering ascetic) ashrama in Hindu spiritual life.
   • 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 46:

     “Fourth stage only is sannyasa, complete and total renunciation.”