Zarmanochegas
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1st century BC Indian philosopher and monk
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Zarmanochegas or Zarmarus was a gymnosophist , a monk of the Sramana tradition who, according to ancient historians such as Strabo and Dio Cassius, met Nicholas of Damascus in Antioch in the first years of Augustus' rule over the Roman Empire, and shortly thereafter proceeded to Athens where he burnt himself to death. He is estimated to have died in 19 BC.
