Sannyasa

Sannyasin (Sanskrit saṃnyāsin [ root form ], saṃnyāsī [ nominative ], in transliteration usually Samnyasi [n ] or sannyasi [n]), comes from Sanskrit and is a derivative ( with the in - suffix, analogous to yoga in > yogin ' the yogi, yoga practitioners ') of saṃyāsa ' abandonment, renunciation ' ( verbal prefixes sam ni verb root suffix as -a).

Sannyas is a certain of the spiritual quest of life. Sannyasin referred to in Hinduism a person who has renounced the world and lives in total possessions. His whole effort is directed towards moksha, liberation from karma and the cycle of birth and death through union with God or ultimate reality. Some wandering sannyasins are content with any place near a temple; others live in caves or are completely homeless on a continuous journey. Sannyas is also called the last of the four stages of an ideal Hindu life, with the Dharma, Hindu ethics, provides as an ideal: In the last section of life, it is therefore appropriate to secular of all, to solve and homeless, of charitable gifts nurturing, devoted to the search for redemption.

A particularly ascetic and unattached living sadhu, as Hindu monks are called, is a sannyasin. Sannyasins traditionally wear orange robes, which they labeled as such.