Sramana - Etymology

A Sramana (Sramati tapasyatiti Sramanah) is one who performs acts of mortification or austerity. According to the definition, a being is himself responsible for his own deeds. Salvation, therefore, can be achieved by anybody irrespective of caste, creed, color or culture. The Cycle of Rebirth to which every individual is subjected is viewed as the cause and substratum of misery. The goal of every person is to evolve a way to escape from the cycle of rebirth, namely by discounting ritual as a means of a emancipation and establishing fr ...

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• Sramana - Etymology
• Sramana - Sramana Movement
• Sramana - Sramana Teachings and Schools
• Sramana - Sramanas in Western litterature
• Sramana - Nicolaus of Damascus c.10 CE
• Sramana - Clement of Alexandria 150-211
• Sramana - Porphyry 233-305
• Sramana - Notes

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Sramana - Nicolaus of Damascus c.10 CE. Nicolaus of Damascus is famous for his account of an embassy sent by an Indian king "named Pandion (Pandyan kingdom?) or, according to others, Porus" to Caesar Augustus around 13 CE. He met with the embassy at Antioch. The embassy was bearing a diplomatic letter in Greek, and one of its members was a sramana ("Σαρμανο") who burnt himself alive in Athens to demonstrate his faith. The event made a sensation and was quoted by StraboSee also:

Sramana, Sramana - Etymology, Sramana - Sramana Movement, Sramana - Sramana Teachings and Schools, Sramana - Sramanas in Western litterature, Sramana - Nicolaus of Damascus c.10 CE, Sramana - Clement of Alexandria 150-211, Sramana - Porphyry 233-305, Sramana - Notes

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