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Definition of Sadhus
1. sadhu [n] - See also: sadhu
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sadhus
| saddling saddo saddos sade sades sadful sadguru sadgurus sadhana sadhanas | sadhe sadhes sadhu sadhus (current term) sadi sadic sadiron sadirons sadis sadisms | sadist sadistic sadistically sadists saditty sadly sadness |
Literary usage of Sadhus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mystics, Ascetics, and Saints of India: A Study of Sadhuism, with an by John Campbell Oman (1903)
"... Ramakrishna—sadhus to some extent what tlie Magicians and Necromancers have
elsewhere been—Tales and Anecdotes of the Wonders performed by sadhus and of ..."
2. What Is Hinduism?: Modern Adventures Into a Profound Global Faith by Editors of Hinduism Today, Hinduism Today Magazine Editors, From the Editors of Hinduism Today (2007)
"The majority of sadhus live in various akhara camps scattered all over India.
... Those swamis and sadhus who are not a part of an akhara live in ..."
3. Hinduism, Ancient and Modern: As Taught in Original Sources and Illustrated by Baij Nath (1905)
"The general opinion, however, seems to be that unless the householders, who
maintain these sadhus, exercise better discrimination in the bestowal of their ..."
4. Practical Christian Sociology: A Series of Special Lectures Before Princeton by Wilbur Fisk Crafts (1895)
"At the head of the procession, about six elephants, then a brass band, then
marching two by two and hand in hand, great numbers of these sadhus, ..."
5. The Story of Gondwana by Eyre Chatterton, Stephen Hislop, Richard Temple (1916)
"In great straits for labour, he pressed into his service 300 sadhus or " holy men."
Those who know how these " beggar saints " are regarded in India can ..."
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