sa·dhu

also sad·dhu (sä′do͞o)

n. Hinduism

An ascetic holy man.

[From Sanskrit sādhu-, right, holy.]

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sadhu

(ˈsɑːduː) or

saddhu

(Hinduism) a Hindu wandering holy man

[Sanskrit, from sādhu good]

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sa•dhu

(ˈsɑ du)

n., pl. -dhus.

a Hindu ascetic.

[1835–45; < Skt sādhu good, a holy man]

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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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Sindh was, and still is, home to a large number of spiritual spaces of these renouncers of the world who are now being venerated by both upper- and lower-caste Hindus with the former managing the majority of the temples, Marhis and Mathas of Sadhus and Sannyasis.

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Many Sadhus become lifelong itinerants, never sleeping in any one place for more than a single night (Olivelle, 2008, II, 11-26; 63-70; 101-126).

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THE LAW and order situation in Varanasi turned ugly on Monday evening as thousands of sadhus, along with their followers, torched over a dozen vehicles and a police picket in Godawlia area of Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Parliamentary constituency.

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