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Definition of Gymnosophist

Gymnosophist
Gymnosophist Gym*nos"o*phist, n. [Gr. ?; gymno`s naked + ? philosopher; cf. F. gymnosophisle.] 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.

Meaning of Gymnosophist from wikipedia

- Gymnosophists (Ancient Gr****: γυμνοσοφισταί, gymnosophistaí, i.e. "naked philosophers" or "naked wise men" (from Gr**** γυμνός gymnós "naked" and σοφία...
- Cal**** (Ancient Gr****: Καλανός) (c. 398 – 323 BCE), was an ancient Indian gymnosophist, a Brahmin sage, and philosopher from Taxila who accompanied Alexander...
- rendering of "Dandi-Svami") was a philosopher, Brahmin, swami and a gymnosophist, whom Alexander encountered in the woods near Taxila, when he invaded...
- meteorosophist, which roughly translates to "expert in celestial phenomena"; gymnosophist (or "naked sophist", a word used to refer to Indian philosophers), deipnosophist...
- had a good deal of information on India and Indians. He speaks of the Gymnosophists of India, the Indian Ocean, the river Ganges etc., a number of times...
- geographer Strabo. Early advocates of naked yoga in modern times include the gymnosophists such as Blanche de Vries, and the actress and dancer Marguerite Agniel...
- in addition to the Egyptians, Pythagoras also studied under sages or gymnosophists in India. Iamblichus expands this list even further by claiming that...
- the Great on his Indian campaign, "so that he even went as far as the Gymnosophists in India and the Magi" in Persia. Returning to Elis, he lived in poor...
- γυμνός (gumnós) gymnasium, gymnast, gymnastics, gymnophobia, gymnoplast, gymnosophist, gymnosperm, gymnospore gyn-, gynaec- woman Gr**** γυνή, γυναικός, (gunḗ...
- Perhaps of importance were tales of Indian philosophers, known as gymnosophists, who had adopted a strict asceticism. By the 5th century BC, the sophists...