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sadhu
An ascetic, a spiritual seeker
Published on: September 15, 2008
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English
recommended: sadhu discouraged: sadhoo, suddhoo
Sanskrit
transliteration: sādhu Devanagari script: साधु literal meaning:
good; a decent person
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The original meaning of the Sanskrit word sādhu is simply “good”, derived from a verbal root meaning “to accomplish, to succeed”. The word is used in Sanskrit as a general term of address, somewhat like “goodman" in English, and also frequently appears as a sort of congratulation, “excellent” or “bravo”.
In modern-day India, however, the term sadhu is used almost exclusively for Hindu ascetics and mendicants, and has become more or less a synonym of sannyasin.
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