Sadhu

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun

English

Etymology

Sanskrit साधु sādhu ‘good; good man, holy man’.

Pronunciation

IPA: /'sɑ:dhu:/

Noun

Singular sadhu

Plural sadhus

1. (Hinduism) a holy man

   • 1993: So for the meanwhile I continued with my ritualised observances, obsessively counting the number of steps it took me to walk to any given location, carefully avoiding the cracks in the pavement for fear that the bears of the id might get me, and attending to my bodily functions with the pure metrical devotion of a sadhu. — Will Self, My Idea of Fun