Ancient Palestinian Ascetic Crossword Clue

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	adjective • said of or relating to the Essenes noun • a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus
	27%	13		Relating to a philosophical or ascetic lifestyle practiced by certain ancient Indian gymnosophists
	adjective • of or relating to gymnosophy
	27%	6		Ascetic priests in ancient India
	noun • A Vedic poet and seer who composed Rigvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry of a sacred character. • (post-Vedic) A Hindu sage or saint occupying the same position in India history as the patriarchs of other countries, constituting a peculiar class of beings in the early mythical system, as distinct from Asuras, Devas and mortal men.

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