Samaṇaka [samaṇa+ka] a contemptible (little) ascetic, "some sort of samaṇa" D i.90; M ii.47, 210; Sn p. 21; Miln 222; DA i.254. At A ii.48 samaṇaka is a slip for sasanaka. Cp. muṇḍaka in form & meaning.