1) Philosopher
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• (n.) One of a sect of philosophers, said to have been found in India by Alexander the Great, who went almost naked, denied themselves the use of flesh, renounced bodily pleasures, and employed themselves in the contemplation of nature.
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Gym·nos'o·phist (jĭm*nŏs'o*fĭst)
noun [ Greek
gymnosofisth`s ;
gymno`s naked +
sofisth`s philosopher; confer French
gymnosophiste .] One of a sect of philosophers, said to have been found in India by Alexander the Great, who went almost nake...
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n] - member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism)
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gymnosophist One of a sect of ancient Hindu philosophers of ascetic habits (known to the Greeks through the reports of the companions of Alexander), who wore little or no clothing, denied themselves meat, and gave themselves up to mystical contemplation.
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one of a group of Jainist philosophers, existing from ancient times to c1000, characterized by refusal to wear clothes and the abandonment of caste marks; a member of the Digambara sect.
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