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SADHU
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sadhu mean?
• SADHU (noun)
The noun SADHU has 1 sense:
1. (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man
Familiarity information: SADHU used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Hinduism) an ascetic holy man
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
saddhu; sadhu
Hypernyms ("sadhu" is a kind of...):
Hindoo; Hindu (a person who adheres to Hinduism)
Domain category:
Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)
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