(Hinduism) an ascetic holy man

Usage examples of saddhu.

Then he saw the Saddhu fall sheer into the hands of the polis - all the effect of thy art.

In place of the tremulous, shrinking trader there lolled against the corner an all but naked, ash-smeared, ochre-barred, dusty-haired Saddhu, his swollen eyes - opium takes quick effect on an empty stomach - luminous with insolence and bestial lust, his legs crossed under him, Kim's brown rosary round his neck, and a scant yard of worn, flowered chintz on his shoulders.