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Definition of Sadhu
1. Noun. (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man.
Definition of Sadhu
1. Noun. (context: Hinduism) 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). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sadhu
1. a Hindu holy man [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sadhu
| saddlewise saddling saddo saddos sade sades sadful sadguru sadgurus sadhana | sadhanas sadhe sadhes sadhu (current term) sadhus sadi sadic sadiron sadirons sadis | sadisms sadist sadistic sadistically sadists saditty sadly |
Literary usage of Sadhu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Building with India by Daniel Johnson Fleming (1922)
"Ill A figure that has even more caught the imagination of India is that of sadhu
Sundar Singh. Barefooted, robed in saffron, ever traveling, with no center ..."
2. Building with India by Daniel Johnson Fleming (1922)
"Ill A figure that has even more caught the imagination of India is that of sadhu
Sundar Singh. Barefooted, robed in saffron, ..."
3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"He was next bribed — extortionately bribed — and said that the sadhu was at ...
But there was no sadhu. An old Nihang, grey-haired and sceptical — for he ..."
4. The Bengal Law Reports of Decisions of the High Court at Fort William Civil by Great Britain Privy Council. Judicial Committee, Bengal (India). Board of Revenue, Bengal (India). Supreme Council (1878)
"... sadhu KHAN - vi 390 note в. Act VIII of 1859, it. 376 if 378—0r- acr refusing
to admit a »pecial appeal, power of High Court to grant a review of—Notice ..."
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