gymnosophists

Gymnosophists is the name (meaning "naked philosophers") given by the Greeks to certain ancient Hindu philosophers who pursued asceticism to the point of regarding food and clothing as detrimental to purity of thought. From the fact that they often lived as hermits in forests, the Greeks also called them Hylobioi. Diogenes Laertius (ix. 61 and 63) refers to them, and asserts that Pyrrho of Elis, the founder of pure scepticism, came under their influence, and on his return to Elis imitated their habits of life; however, the extent of their influence is not described. Strabo (xv. 711, 714) divides them into Brahmans and Sarmans (or Shamans).

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