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Sant

A holy person, and the North Indian tradition of saint-poets devoted to the formless God.

Yoga, Sāṃkhya, Tantra and devotion

Sant, a saint or good person, names especially the poet-saints of North India from the fifteenth century, such as Kabīr and Ravidās, who sang of a God without form, rejected caste and ritual, and taught the remembrance of the divine name. Their verses entered the Sikh scripture.