ALL meanings of gymnosophist
gym·nos·o·phist
G g - noun gymnosophist A member of an ancient Indian sect that wore very little clothing and was given to asceticism and contemplation. 1
- noun gymnosophist one of a group of Jainist philosophers, existing from ancient times to c1000, characterized by refusal to wear clothes and the abandonment of caste marks; a member of the Digambara sect. 1
- noun gymnosophist One of a school of ancient Indian ascetic philosophers, reported in antiquity, who wore little clothing; a mystic. 0
- noun gymnosophist one of a sect of naked Indian ascetics who regarded food or clothing as detrimental to purity of thought 0
- noun gymnosophist a member of an ancient Hindu sect of ascetics who wore little or no clothing 0