sadhu

sadhu
noun /ˈsɑːdhuː/
An ascetic or practitioner of yoga (yogi) who has given up pursuit of the first three Hindu goals of life: kama (enjoyment), artha (practical objectives) and even dharma (duty).

, 1993: So for the meanwhile I continued with my ritualised observances, obsessively counting the number of steps it took me to walk to any given location, carefully avoiding the cracks in the pavement for fear that the bears of the id might get me, and attending to my bodily functions with the pure metrical devotion of a sadhu. — Will Self, My Idea of Fun


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  • SADHU — S DHU Le mot sanskrit s dhu , qui signifie «saint», «excellent», et qui dérive peut être de siddha , «celui qui détient un siddhi (pouvoir miraculeux)», sert à désigner les hindous qui font vœu de renoncer à la société. La classe des s dhus… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Sadhu —   [Sanskrit »der Gute«] der, (s)/ s, im Hinduismus Ehrenname für einen Hindu, der als Eremit und bettelnder (Wander )Asket lebt. * * * Sad|hu, der; [s], s [sanskr. sādhu = der Gute]: als Eremit u. bettelnder Asket lebender Hindu …   Universal-Lexikon

  • sadhu — [sä′do͞o΄] n. [Sans < sādhu, straight, able < IE base * sēdh , to go straight to a goal > Gr ithyein, to go straight] a Hindu ascetic or holy man, often one who travels from place to place begging …   English World dictionary

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  • sadhu —    A sadhu (from Sanskrit fisadhvi, “good”) is a renunciant, most commonly a mendicant who wanders in search of alms. Such people are regarded as good, pure, and religiously devoted. The terms sadhu and SANNYASI (more rarely their feminine forms… …   Encyclopedia of Hinduism

  • sadhu — UK [ˈsɑːduː] / US [ˈsɑˌdu] noun [countable] Word forms sadhu : singular sadhu plural sadhus Indian English a Hindu holy man …   English dictionary

  • sadhu — also saddhu noun Etymology: Sanskrit sādhu Date: 1835 a usually Hindu mendicant ascetic …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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