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sāmaññameva

sāmañña

nt

1. ascetic life; monasticism; monkhood; state of being a monastic; lit. ascetic state
2. accord; concord; agreement
3. (gram) similarity
4. devotion to ascetics
5. (gram) general
6. general usage
7. similarity; equality; conformity; the same state
8. devoted to ascetics; respectful to monastics

Analysis. sāmaññaṃ + eva; sāmañña + eva

Etymology. √sam > sām + aṇa + *ya; from √sam 'exert, strive'; Sanskrit śrāmaṇya [śram]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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