Talk:Sādhus

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

sādhus (‘the good persons,’ ‘the holy persons’)

Though the word ‘sādhu’ actually means a good person, in common parlance it is used to indicate a samnyāsin or a religious mendicant.

See ASCETICS, MONASTICISM, SAMNYĀSIN and YATI.


References[edit]

  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

OLD CONTENT[edit]

sādhus (‘the good persons,’ ‘the holy persons’) Though the word ‘sādhu’ actually means a good person, in common parlance it is used to indicate a samnyāsin or a religious mendicant. See ASCETICS, MONASTICISM, SAM¬NYĀSIN and YATI.