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May 26, 2012
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gym•nos•o•phist



Pronunciation: ( jim-nos'u-fist), [key]
n.
one of a group of Jainist philosophers, existing from ancient times to c1000, characterized by refusal to wear clothes and the abandonment of caste marks; a member of the Digambara sect.

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