Shāmén shì Fànwén de yīnyì, zhǐ chūjiā xiūxíng de sēnglǚ.
Shamen is a transliteration from Sanskrit, referring to monks who have left home to practice asceticism.
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沙门 is a transliteration of the Sanskrit word śramaṇa, referring to an ascetic or renunciant. It was widely used in early Chinese Buddhist texts to refer to Buddhist monastics.
