fakirs
Mendicant holy men
Fakirs are Muslim or Hindu ascetics who live by begging and practice extreme self-discipline or self-mortification.
The word comes from Arabic for "poor man." In Western usage, fakir often refers to any wandering holy man or wonder-worker from South Asia, sometimes with connotations of trickery: The fakir walked across hot coals.
The spelling faqir also appears.
Formal surrender of claim
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
discipline · contemplation · hermit · recluse · simplicity · self-mortification · penance · vows
Deep, loyal commitment
- pietySincere religious devotion
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- saintlinessState of spiritual perfection
- prayerAddress to deity
meditation · enlightenment · mantra · faith · sanctity · divinity · worship · reverence
One who begs
- beggarOne who asks for charity
- itinerantMoving for work
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- nomadHomeless wanderer by choice
pilgrim · vagabond · roaming · wayfarer · homeless · alms · begging · bowl
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- magicSupernatural or illusory power
- levitationUnsupported aerial suspension
- charmerOne who captivates others
- occultConcealed from view
esoteric · supernatural · clairvoyance · divination · prophecy · spells · incantations · miracles
renunciation
Formal surrender of claim
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
abstinence · discipline · contemplation · hermit · recluse · simplicity · self-mortification · penance · vows · detachment
devotion
Deep, loyal commitment
- pietySincere religious devotion
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- saintlinessState of spiritual perfection
prayer · meditation · enlightenment · mantra · faith · sanctity · divinity · worship · reverence · sacredness
mendicant
One who begs
nomad · pilgrim · vagabond · roaming · wayfarer · homeless · alms · begging · bowl · staff
trance
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- magicSupernatural or illusory power
- levitationUnsupported aerial suspension
- charmerOne who captivates others
occult · esoteric · supernatural · clairvoyance · divination · prophecy · spells · incantations · miracles · powers
fakirsmaterialists
Prioritizers of physical possessions
plutocrats · tycoons · millionaires · moguls · hoarders
fakirsmonks
Cloistered religious men
cenobites · friars · abbots · parish priests · ecclesiastics