Ascetic in Malayalam
മുനി (muni) is an ascetic or sage — the forest-dwelling holy man of Indian tradition, bound to silence and meditation. The word is short and familiar from the epics: mu-ni.
Ascetic, sanyasin, Rishi, Buddha, Muni, Bharata Muni.
കാട്ടിൽ ഒരു മുനി ധ്യാനിച്ചിരുന്നു.
kaattil oru muni dhyaanichirunnu.
An ascetic was meditating in the forest.
All Malayalam words for “ascetic”
- മുനി (muni) — Ascetic, sanyasin, Rishi, Buddha, Muni, Bharata Muni.
- സന്ന്യാസി (sannyaasi) — Ascetic, monk.
- അക്ഷയന് (akshayan) — Poor person, ascetic, homeless person, siva, universal soul.
- തീര്ത്ഥാടകന് (theerthaadakan) — Pilgrim, ascetic.
- യോഗി (yogi) — One who practices Yoga, an ascetic, sanyasi, one who practices meditation, Siva, Vishnu.
- കവി (kavi) — Poet, poetry, scholar, ascetic, sage Valmiki, Brahma, seer, sage Shukra.
- ഭിക്ഷക്കാരന് (bhikshakkaran) — Beggar, mendicant, ascetic.
- മൗനം (mounam) — The state of an ascetic 'muni', silence, religious vow of keeping strict silence.
- മൗനി (mouni) — One who keeps quiet or silence, a 'muni' or ascetic.
- വൈരാഗ്യം (vairaagyam) — Lack of affection or affinity, detachment, disgust, contempt esp. of worldliness, hatred, state of an ascetic.
- സന്ന്യസിക്കുക (sannyasikkuka) — Give up all worldly connections and become an ascetic.
മുനി (muni) is the classic ascetic sage, യോഗി (yogi) one who practises yoga and meditation, തീര്ത്ഥാടകന് (theerthaadakan) a pilgrim, ഭിക്ഷക്കാരന് (bhikshakkaran) a mendicant who begs, മൗനി (mouni) one keeping a vow of silence, മൗനം (mounam) that silence itself, and കവി (kavi) chiefly a poet.
Common questions
How do you say ascetic in Malayalam?
മുനി (muni), the word for an ascetic sage.
What separates മുനി (muni) from യോഗി (yogi)?
A muni is defined by renunciation and silence, a yogi by the practice of yoga and meditation.