| There are also sannyasi orders, such as the Nathas, that exist outside the Dasanami and akhara systems. |
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| Its disciplinary, sartorial, and cenobitic settings are identical with those of the Hindu sannyasi. |
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| In Shaivism the preferred term is sannyasi, and in Vaishnavism it is vairagi. |
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| The name sannyasi also designates an ascetic who pays particular allegiance to the god Shiva, especially one who belongs to the dashanami order said to have been established in the 8th century ce by Shankara. |
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| In theory, the orders trained monks in the sannyasi tradition, but in practice they served European and American laypersons committed in various degrees to the Vedanta theology. |
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