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GYMNOSOPHISTS (See also:Lat. gymnosophistae, from Gr. yuµvos, vo4mrrits, " naked philosophers ") , the name given by the Greeks to certain See also:ancient See also:Hindu philosophers who pursued See also:asceticism to the point of regarding See also:food and clothing as detrimental to purity of thought. From the fact that they often lived as hermits in forests, the Greeks also called them Hylobioi (cf. the Vdna-prasthas in See also:Sanskrit writings). See also:Diogenes Laertius (ix. 61 and 63) refers to them, and asserts that Pyrrho of See also:Elis, the founder of pure See also:scepticism, came under their See also:influence, and on his return to Elis imitated their habits of See also:life, to what extent does not appear. See also:Strabo (xv. 711, 714) divides them into Brahmans and Sarmans (or Shamans). See See also:JAINS.

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