samaṇa

See also: samana

English edit

samaṇa (plural samaṇas)

Alternative forms

samaṇa m (feminine samaṇī)

(Religion) samana, sramana, a person who has abandoned society and property for religious reasons but does not follow the Vedas
ဨကဘတ္တိကော သမဏော ဂေါတမော ရတ္တူပရတော ဝိရတော ဝိကာလဘောဇနာ။
ekabhattiko samaṇo gotamo rattūparato virato vikālabhojanā.
The gautama monk usually eats only one meal, he abstains from dinner eating.
(Example originally supplied by User:咽頭べさ for သမဏော (samaṇo))
(Religion) ascetic, mendicant, an adherent of similarly austere religious practices in other contexts
recluse, any person who similarly abandons society

Declension table of "samaṇa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	samaṇo	samaṇā
Accusative (second)	samaṇaṃ	samaṇe
Instrumental (third)	samaṇena	samaṇehi or samaṇebhi
Dative (fourth)	samaṇassa or samaṇāya or samaṇatthaṃ	samaṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	samaṇasmā or samaṇamhā or samaṇā	samaṇehi or samaṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)	samaṇassa	samaṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	samaṇasmiṃ or samaṇamhi or samaṇe	samaṇesu
Vocative (calling)	samaṇa	samaṇā

samaṇa n

Declension table of "samaṇa" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	samaṇaṃ	samaṇāni
Accusative (second)	samaṇaṃ	samaṇāni
Instrumental (third)	samaṇena	samaṇehi or samaṇebhi
Dative (fourth)	samaṇassa or samaṇāya or samaṇatthaṃ	samaṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	samaṇasmā or samaṇamhā or samaṇā	samaṇehi or samaṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)	samaṇassa	samaṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	samaṇasmiṃ or samaṇamhi or samaṇe	samaṇesu
Vocative (calling)	samaṇa	samaṇāni