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Gymnosophists (Ancient Gr****: γυμνοσοφισταί, gymnosophistaí, i.e. "naked philosophers" or "naked wise men" (from Gr**** γυμνός gymnós "naked" and σοφία...
- Cal**** (Ancient Gr****: Καλανός) (c. 398 – 323 BCE), was an
ancient Indian gymnosophist and
philosopher from
Taxila who
accompanied Alexander the
Great to Persis...
- (presumably Gr****
rendering of "Dandayan-Svami") was a philosopher,
swami and
gymnosophist whom
Alexander encountered in the
woods near Taxila, when he invaded...
- Cal**** (Ancient Gr****: Καλανὸς) (c. 398 – 323 BCE), was an
ancient Indian gymnosophist, and
philosopher from
Taxila who
accompanied Alexander the
Great to Persis...
-
geographer Strabo.
Early advocates of
naked yoga in
modern times include the
gymnosophists such as
Blanche de Vries, and the
actress and
dancer Marguerite Agniel...
- had a good deal of
information on
India and Indians. He
speaks of the
Gymnosophists of India, the
Indian Ocean, the
river Ganges etc., a
number of times...
- in
addition to the Egyptians,
Pythagoras also
studied under sages or
gymnosophists in India.
Iamblichus expands this list even
further by
claiming that...
- Ζαρμανοχηγάς;
according to Strabo) or
Zarmarus (according to Dio C****ius) was a
gymnosophist (naked philosopher), a monk of the
Sramana tradition (possibly, but not...
- and the
modern papermaking process,
poison Cal**** (323 BC),
Indian gymnosophist and
companion of
Alexander the Great, self-immolation
Novius Calavius...
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where Pyrrho was said to have
studied with the so-called magi and the
gymnosophists. This has led some to
wonder whether he may have been
influenced by...
