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'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Srâmana}}'''. Buddhist priests, ascetics and postulants for Nirvâna, “they who have to place a restraint on their thoughts ”. The word Saman, now “Shaman” is a corruption of this primitive word. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Srâmana}}'''. Buddhist priests, ascetics and postulants for Nirvâna, “they who have to place a restraint on their thoughts ”. The word Saman, now “Shaman” is a corruption of this primitive word. | ||
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H. P. Blavatsky
Srâmana. Buddhist priests, ascetics and postulants for Nirvâna, “they who have to place a restraint on their thoughts ”. The word Saman, now “Shaman” is a corruption of this primitive word.
Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Sramana