[[Fasciculus:Swami Vivekananda photo San Francisco California 1900.jpg|thumb|[[Swami Vivekananda]] [[Franciscopolis|Franciscopole]] [[California]]e anno [[1900]].]]
'''Swami''' ([[Sanscrite]] स्वामी [sʋáːmi] 'dominus ipsiipse', sed etiam 'dominus') est [[ascetismus|asceticus]] vel [[yoga|yogi]] vel [[monachus]], vel membrum [[ordo religiosus|ordinis religiosi]] [[Hinduismus|Hinduistici]]. Enimvero, ''swami'' est titulus ab [[ordo religiosus|ordine religioso]] [[Hinduismus|Hinduistico]] ab [[Adi Shankara]] condito concessus.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ZP_f9icf2roC&pg=PA958|title = "Swami" in "''Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Religion,'' paginap. 958, apud Google Books|accessdate=2012-12-[[7 Decembris]] [[2012]]}}.</ref><ref>Vide etiam wikipedia angliceAnglica: [[:en:Dashanami Sampradaya]].</ref> et Etiampraeceptor est religiosus praeceptus[[religio]]sus.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.credoreference.com/entry/brewerphrase/swami|title = "Swami" in Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. LondonLondinii: Chambers Harrap, 2009. s.v. "Swami"|accessdate=2012-12-[[7 Decembris]] [[2012]]}}.</ref>
