Identify the meaning of the term ‘Samanas’?

The correct answer is Option (1) → Those who have renounced the world

Samanas were those who have renounced the world, people who had given up the life of a householder. In the Sutta Pitaka, the Buddha advises a wealthy householder named Sigala on his duties, and tells him that clansmen should look after the needs of samanas and Brahmanas.

‘Affection in act and speech’ comes from the same advice. It is one of the ways in which the clansmen should look after the samanas, not the meaning of the word.