سادهو

साधु sādhu, and H. साधू sādhū(=S. sādhu+कः), adj. & s.m. (f. -vī), Perfect, excellent, good, eminent; virtuous, honourable, righteous, pious, holy, pure, benevolent; ingenuous, honest, guileless, simple, innocent; fit, proper, right;—a good or honest man, a virtuous or holy man, a saint, sage, devotee, ascetic; a kind of Hindūmendicant, one of a class of monotheistical Hindūs who profess moral and personal purity;—a merchant, a money-lender, usurer:—sādhu-pushp, s.m. A beautiful flower; the shrub Hibiscus mutabilis:—sādhu-samāj, s.m. A large gathering of Hindūascetics:—sādhu-sevī, s.m. One who ministers to the wants of a Hindūascetic:—sādhu-śīl, vulg. sādhū-sīl, adj. Welldisposed, benign, benevolent; virtuously inclined, virtuous, righteous:—sādhu-mahimā, s.f. The majesty or excellence of Hindūascetics:—sādhu-vr̤iksh, vulg. sādhū-br̤iksh, s.m. A good tree; the Kadamb-tree, Nauclea cadamba.