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