SV: 16th century European contacts with Hinduism

[nanda chandran]

>I believe gymnosophists were already mentioned in connection with
> >Alexander the Great.

Isn't there a reference in one of Plato's works, of a meeting between
Socrates and an Indian gymnosophist? If I remember right, the Indian
gymnosophist is said to have mocked at the Greek philosopher's definition of
philosophy, saying the science had no meaning if it didn't relate to the
divine.

I also remember reading somewhere that the gymnosophist referred to by Plato
was most probably a JainA ascetic.
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