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The Dasanami sannyasin (dasanami, Sanskrit for 'ten names') are Hindu ascetics who belong to one of ten orders established by Adi Shankara in the 8th century (another view - 5th Century B.C) in India. The orders are also known as the Dasanami Sampradaya.

The ten orders are:

  • Saraswati, Tirtha, Aranya and Bharati, associated with the Sringeri Sharada Peetham, in the south
  • Tirtha and Ashrama, linked with the Dwaraka Pitha, in the west
  • Giri, Parvata and Sagara, associated with Jyotirmath in the north
  • Vana, Puri and Aranya, associated with the Govardhana matha at Puri in the east.

Some dasanami monks go about naked and are called nanga (“naked”) sannyasins.


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