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- noun Plural form of
swami .
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Angry villagers have ransacked the headquarters of one of India's most famous "swamis" - or
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In the yogic tradition monks and nuns are known as swamis or sannyasins.
The Sivananda Companion To Meditation THE SIVANANDA YOGA VEDANTA CENTER 2003
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It is needless to add that not all formally titled swamis are equally successful in reaching their high goal.
Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935
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It is needless to add that not all formally titled swamis are equally successful in reaching their high goal.
Autobiography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda 1922
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He uses a giant glass globe to melt an iceberg to save a ship, because fortune telling "swamis" wear turbans and use crystal balls.
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As a result we have here in America a plague of Eastern cults, with "swamis" using soft yellow robes and soft brown eyes to win the souls of idle society ladies.
The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition Upton Sinclair 1923
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As a result we have here in America a plague of Eastern cults, with "swamis" using soft yellow robes and soft brown eyes to win the souls of idle society ladies.
The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation 1918
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