Characterized by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline; austere; abstinent; involving a withholding of physical pleasure.
Of or relating to ascetics
One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.
A Vedic poet and seer who composed Rigvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry of a sacred character.
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.