The belongings of the sanyasi were taken into custody after his death, following a court order.
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Then only the person transforms into sanyasi or sadhu.
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Shankara appealed to his mother, who had arrived at Poorna, asking for permission to become a sanyasi.
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In ancient Hindu tradition, a sanyasi is a holy man who studies and meditates for years before he renounces the world.
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I became a sanyasi because of Her.
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A Hindu religious mendicant
Sannyasa (sau1E43nyu0101sa) is the life stage of renunciation within the Hindu philosophy of four age-based life stages known as ashramas, with the first three being Brahmacharya (bachelor student), Grihastha (householder) and Vanaprastha (forest dweller, retired)...
One who has renounced the world in seek of self-realization.
A man in the renounced order, the final stage of spiritual progress in the varnashrama system. Sannyasis take a vow of lifetime celibacy.
An ascetic, one who belongs to the fourth stage of life