சன்னியாசி

s. A Hindu ascetic, a wandering devotee who has renounced social life, with all its enjoyments and attachments, subjected his passions, and lives on what is given him unasked. He remains in a village only one day, in a town not more than three days, and in a city only five; lest his mind become secu larized. See ஆச்சிரமம். 2. [among R. Catho.] A monk; [ex சன்னியாசம்.]--Note. There are two orders of சன்னியாசி, namely. 1. ஏகதண்டசன்னியாசி, one who carries a single staff, and is of the Smriti sect; 2. திரிதண்ட சன்னியாசி, one who carries three staves tied together, and is a worshipper of Vishnu. சா

சாவாக்கியம், s. A Table of equations.

சாவிசேஷம், s. Tidings of death.

சாவிளைவு, s. A good crop as a prognos tic to one's death; spoken after the occurrence.

சாவீடு, s. A funeral-house.

சாவெடி, s. [prov. சாவெடில்.] The smell of a dead body, பிணநாற்றம்.

சாவெழுத்து, s. Fatal letters; a class of letters, which it is supposed may be so placed in an invocation, as to effect the death of a person to whom the verse is addressed--intentionally or un intentionally. See எழுத்துத்தானம்.

சாவோலை, s. An ola-letter burnt at the end, for a funeral mark, giving notice of death.

உற்கிரமச்சா, s. The versed sine. See also கிராமச்சா--மூலச்சா, the sine; and கோடி ச்சா, the cosine.