Samana

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The term Samana can mean one of several things:

[edit] Places

  • Cape Samana or Samana Peninsula, a land feature of the Dominican Republic
  • Samaná, a province of the Dominican Republic
  • Samana Bay, a body of water in the Atlantic next to Cape Samana, the Dominican Republic
  • Samana, Dominican Republic, a town on Cape Samana in the Dominican Republic
  • Samana, India, a town in Patiala district in the Indian state of Punjab
  • Samana Range, a place in Pakistan near Peshawar

[edit] People

  • A Samana, Samaṇa, or Shramana, the name for certain wandering ascetics from India, one of whom was Gautama Buddha
  • Samana, the mother of Imam Ali al-Hadi

[edit] Arts

  • Samana, Vijay Tendulkar, a screenplay by Vijay Tendulkar, the Indian playwright


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