| 单词 |
sadhu |
| 释义 |
sadhu|ˈsɑːduː|
Also saddhu and with capital initial.
[Skr. sādhú good, pious, holy man, saint, f. as prec.]
In India, a holy man or sage.
1845Encycl. Metrop. XXI. 672/2 When their [sc. spiritual guides’] sanctity is such, that they are believed to have the power of securing or withholding divine blessings, they are styled Sád'hú (saint). 1901Kipling Kim xi. 291 He switched out his..turban-cloth and..rolled it over and under about his loins into the intricate devices of a Saddhu's cincture. 1920Glasgow Herald 25 May 9 He put on the saffron robe of the Sadhu. 1924Blackw. Mag. Oct. 481/2 The temple's guest-chamber, kept for visiting sadhus and sanyasis. 1955Times 10 Aug. 8/3 A procession of sadhus or ‘holy men’ is said to have left Pathankot on the Kashmir frontier. 1958L. Durrell Balthazar x. 208 The old man was a judge in India... He dresses like a saddhu... You English are eccentrics. 1968Indian Music Jrnl. V. 32 The philosophical discussions which his father had with the Scholars and sādhu-s who came to see him. 1978Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Feb. 145/2 The Hindu Sadhus were pythons of the psychic world, whose slumbrous coils contained, and at the same time hid, the force of a battering ram.
Hence ˈsadhuism, the principles or practices of a sadhu; ˈsadhuship [-ship 3 b], in his sadhuship, a humourous title for a sadhu.
1903J. C. Oman Mystics, Ascetics & Saints of India xii. 278 (heading) The future of Sadhuism. 1914W. G. Lawrence Let. 2 Apr. in Home Lett. T. E. Lawrence (1954) 519 It's wonderful to see and hear the way the students listen to him owing to their respect for his old sadhuship. 1979F. Olbrich Sweet & Deadly vii. 74 Holiness is a game to them [sc. hippies], a cheap thrill—instant Sadhuism. |
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