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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 (849 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Gymnosophists is a type of ascetic[2].
  • Gymnosophists's Commons category is recorded as Gymnosophists[3].
  • Gymnosophists's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[4].
  • Gymnosophists's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5].
  • Gymnosophists's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6].

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Definition and Type

Gymnosophists is a type of ascetic[2].

Why It Matters

Gymnosophists ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (849 views/month).[1] Gymnosophists has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] Gymnosophists is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Biblissima authority id → Q295756
    Subclass of → ascetic
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q295756, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
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