one engaged in virtuous endeavor; recluse; ascetic
Skt: Shramana. lit. "virtuous endeavor." A spiritual practitioner. Often has the connotation of an ascetic or mendicant. Also, monastic practitioner, monk, Buddhist monk; one who has taken ordination vows of either {dge tshul} or {dge slong}
<term> ascetic, mendicant, recluse, renunciant, śramaṇa