श्रमण

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  ascetic, monk

Etymology
Apparently from the root, which however is mixed in meaning with.

Adjective

 * 1) making effort or exertion, toiling, labouring, (esp.) following a toilsome or menial business
 * 2) base, vile, bad (ib.)
 * 3) naked

Noun

 * 1) one who performs acts of mortification or austerity, an ascetic, monk, devotee, religious mendicant ( etc.)
 * 2) a Buddhist monk or mendicant (also applied to Buddha himself compare  23 etc.; also applied to a Jain ascetic now commonly called yati) (,  etc.)
 * 3) name of a serpent-demon