Meaning of gymnosophist | Babel Free

Definitions

One of a school of ancient Indian ascetic philosophers, reported in antiquity, who wore little clothing; a mystic.

Examples

“As that gymnosophist in Plutarch made answer to Alexander (demanding which spake best), Every one of his fellows did speak better than the other: so may I say of these causes […].”

“I was speaking today with an unclothed Hindu religious, a parama-hamsa, on the steps of a Portuguese church, a true gymnosophist.”

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