SADHU

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Hinduism) an ascetic holy man

Synonyms:

saddhu; sadhu

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sadhu" is a kind of...):

Hindoo; Hindu (a person who adheres to Hinduism)

Domain category:

Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)

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