Gymnosophists
ancient Indian vegetarian ascetics, mentioned in ancient Greek literature, who pursued asceticism to the point of regarding food and clothing as detrimental to purity of thought
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Gymnosophists
Summary
Gymnosophists ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Gymnosophists's image is recorded as Taynush before Iskandar and the Visit to the Brahmans.jpg[2].
- Gymnosophists's subclass of is recorded as ascetic[3].
- Gymnosophists's Commons category is recorded as Gymnosophists[4].
- Gymnosophists's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01_l4n[5].
- Gymnosophists's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[6].
- Gymnosophists's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
- Gymnosophists's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
- Gymnosophists's Treccani ID is recorded as gimnosofisti[9].
- Gymnosophists's ToposText person ID is recorded as 12221[10].
- Gymnosophists's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 10173293-n[11].
Why It Matters
Gymnosophists ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[1] Gymnosophists has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] Gymnosophists is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]