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 

• SADHU (noun)

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)