Swami

Swami Saradananda Swami (; ; sometimes abbreviated sw.) in Hinduism is an honorific title given to an ascetic who has chosen the path of renunciation (''sanyāsa''), or has been initiated into a religious monastic order of Vaishnavas. It is used either before or after the subject's name (usually an adopted religious name). An alternative form, swamini (), is sometimes used by female renunciates.

The meaning of the Sanskrit root of the word ''swami'' is "[he who is] one with his self" ( stands for "self"), and can roughly be translated as "he/she who knows and is master of himself/herself". The term is often attributed to someone who has achieved mastery of a particular yogic system or demonstrated profound devotion (''bhakti'') to one or more Hindu gods. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' gives the etymology as:

'master, lord, prince', used by Hindus as a term of respectful address, < Sanskrit in same senses, also the idol or temple of a god.}}

As a direct form of address, or as a stand-in for a swami's name, it is often rendered ''Swamiji'' (also ''Swami-ji'' or ''Swami Ji'').

In modern Gaudiya Vaishnavism, ''Swami'' is also one of the 108 names for a sannyasi given in Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati's ''Gaudiya Kanthahara'', along with ''Goswami'', also traditionally used as an honorific title.

''Swami'' is also the surname of the Bairagi caste in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. In Bengali, the word (pronounced ), while carrying its original meaning, also has the meaning of "husband" in another context. The word also means "husband" in Malay, in which it is spelled , and in Khmer, Assamese and Odia. The Thai word for "husband", () or () is a cognate word. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Atmananda, Swami
    Published 1989
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    by Ramanujananda, Swami
    Published 1994
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    by Swami Virajananda
    Published 2012
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    by Swami Nirvedananda
    Published 1945
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    by Swami Ranganathananda
    Published 2011
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    by Swami Vivekananda
    Published 1963
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    by Swami Shokananda
    Published 1993
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    by Swami Vivekananda
    Published 1963
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    by SWAMI Vivekananda
    Published 2012
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    by Vivekananda, Swami
    Published 1989
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    by Ashokananda, Swami
    Published 1992
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    by Ranganathananda, Swami
    Published 1999
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    by Amarananda, Swami
    Published 2003
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