Sannyasa
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Sannyasa, sometimes spelled sanyasa, is the fourth stage within the Hindu system of four life stages known as ashramas, the first three being brahmacharya, grihastha and vanaprastha. Sannyasa is tradi
Photograph of a Sanyasi ascetic, albumen print, by Captain W. W. Hooper & Surgeon G. Western, Hyderabad, c. 1865
Adi Shankara, founder of Advaita Vedanta, with disciples, by Raja Ravi Varma (1904)
A Hindu monk walking during sunrise in a mango garden in Dinajpur, Bangladesh
A Hindu Sannyasi. In ancient and medieval literature, they are usually associated with forests and remote hermitages in their spiritual, literary and philosophical pursuits.
Jabala Upanishad
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The Jabala Upanishad, also called Jabalopanisad, is a minor Upanishad of Hinduism. The Sanskrit text is one of the 20 Sannyasa Upanishads, and is attached to the Shukla Yajurveda.
The Jabala Upanishad discusses sannyasi (the ones who have renounced)
The Hindu holy city of Varanasi is discussed in the Jabala Upanishad.