sannyasin
saṃnyāsinA renunciant who has taken monastic vows (sannyasa); Vivekananda's status as a wandering monk.
Where this term appears
- The Mundaka Upanishad: two birds, and the lower knowledge Treatise
…ledge can be as little together as darkness and light," and that "the Sannyasin alone, who has given up everything, is qualified to know and to become Brahman." Whether the Mundaka itself is quite so absolute i…