Definition of Gimnosophist
Gym*nos"o*phist
(j&ibreve;m*n&obreve;s"&osl;*f&ibreve;st), n. [Gr.
gymnosofisth`s; gymno`s naked +
sofisth`s philosopher; cf. F. gymnosophiste.]
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- one of a school of ancient Indian ascetic philosophers, reported in antiquity, who wore little clothing; a mystic
*1973: I was speaking today with an unclothed Hindu religious, a parama-hamsa, on the steps of a Portuguese church, a true gymnosophist — Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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