सं-न्यासिन् mfn. mfn. laying aside, giving up, abandoning, renouncing,
[AṣṭāvS.] abstaining from food,
[Bhaṭṭ.] सं-न्यासिन् m. m. one who abandons or resigns worldly affairs, an ascetic, devotee (who has renounced all earthly concerns and devotes himself, to meditation and the study of the
आरण्यकs or
उपनिषदs, a
Brāhman in the fourth
आश्रम [
q.v. ] or stage of his life, a religious mendicant;
cf. [RTL. 53, 55 &c.] ),
[Up.] ;
[MBh.] ;
[Pur.]