The corpus record — Latin

Călănus

Călănus · m

an Indian philosopher

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What it meant

Călănus — Lewis & Short

Călănus (Callă-), i, m., = *ka/lanos,

I an Indian philosopher (gymnosophist) in the time of Alexander the Great, who, in old age, burned himself on a funeral pile, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52; id. Div. 1, 23, 47; 1, 30, 65; Val. Max. 1, 8, ext. 10.

Where it came from

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