Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An ascetic holy man.
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- noun Hinduism An
ascetic or practitioner ofyoga (yogi ) who has given up pursuit of the first three Hindu goals of life:kama (enjoyment), artha (practical objectives) and evendharma (duty).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As the debate rages in the West about the ungodly behavior of godly men, a series of sex scandals involving India's assortment of god men -- called sadhu, baba or swami -- is making skeptics out of many Indians.
Swami Sex Scandals Have India Questioning An Ancient Traditiong 2010
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As the debate rages in the West about the ungodly behavior of godly men, a series of sex scandals involving India's assortment of god men -- called sadhu, baba or swami -- is making skeptics out of many Indians.
Swami Sex Scandals Have India Questioning An Ancient Traditiong 2010
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A person undertaking such a practice is known as a sadhu or a sadhaka.
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The sadhu was a heavy man too, with long white hair tied up in a knot and many beads around his neck.
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The film also has its own spiritual touch: many images of flying birds, water shots of the director swimming lyrically with his girlfriend, even an inspiring Himalaya climb with a sadhu, with a gorgeous "heaven on earth" shot of a lake snuggled in icy mountains.
Karin Badt: David Lynch and Transcendental Meditation: David Wants to Fly Karin Badt 2011
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In India, a holy man traditionally went through four stages: student, householder (good so far), forest-dweller (what??) and then sadhu -- a wandering beggar in search of moksha (liberation).
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I took a carotid pulse and found that the sadhu was still alive.
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I took the wrong street and found one sadhu right on the riverbanks, which they called the Ghat, and then I said, "Oh, yeah, the holy men are generally by the holy river of the Ganges," so I traversed back and forth from one end of the Ganges to the other when I should've gone back to my original starting point and taken a different road.
Amazing Race's Ron and Christina: We Were Very Aware of Our Physical Limitations 2011
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I took a carotid pulse and found that the sadhu was still alive.
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The film also has its own spiritual touch: many images of flying birds, water shots of the director swimming lyrically with his girlfriend, even an inspiring Himalaya climb with a sadhu, with a gorgeous "heaven on earth" shot of a lake snuggled in icy mountains.
Karin Badt: David Lynch and Transcendental Meditation: David Wants to Fly Karin Badt 2011
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