As a deity name
Name 853 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
श्रमण · noun · masculine
बौद्ध या जैन मतावलंबी संन्यासी · यति । मुनि · वह जो नीच कर्म करके जीविका निर्वाह करता हो । नीच । घृणित — Śabdasāgara
श्रमण · adj
श्रम करनेवाला · नीच । निम्न कोटि का · नंगा — Śabdasāgara
श्रमण · masculine
ascetic, monk
Platts (p. 725) also records: (f. -ā or -ī), Making effort or exertion, labouring, toiling; following a low or menial business
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi श्रमण — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रमण (śramaṇa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
śramaṇa mf(ā or ī)n. making effort or exertion, toiling, labouring, (esp.) following a toilsome or menial business, W.
base, vile, bad, ib.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
one who performs acts of mortification or austerity, an ascetic, monk, devotee, religious mendicant, &c. &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śramaṇa" is the vocative of "śramaṇā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
śramaṇa mf(ā or ī)n. making effort or exertion, toiling, labouring, (esp.) following a toilsome or menial business, W.
base, vile, bad, ib.
naked, L.
śramaṇa m. one who performs acts of mortification or austerity, an ascetic, monk, devotee, religious mendicant, ŚBr. &c. &c.
a Buddhist monk or mendicant (also applied to Buddha himself, cf. MWB. 23 &c.; also applied to a Jain ascetic now commonly called Yati), MBh.; R. &c.
śramaṇā (ā), f. a handsome woman, L.
= śabarī-bhid, māṃsī, muṇḍīrī, L.
Alternative readings
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