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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sannyasi /sənˈjɑːsi/ (also sanyasi or sannyasin)

▶noun (pl. same) a Hindu religious mendicant.

– origin based on Sanskrit saṃnyāsin ‘laying aside, ascetic’, from saṃ ‘together’ + ni ‘down’ + as ‘throw’.

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