adjective

Characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.

an ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual labor

austere,self-denying,abstinent,abstemious,non-indulgent,self-disciplined,frugal,simple,rigorous,strict,severe,hair-shirt,spartan,monastic,monkish,monklike,nunlike

noun

A person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention.

The composition of hymns of the Rig-Veda was done by Hindu recluses, ascetics, Rishis and Sages rooted in the realities of life inside the society.

abstainer,recluse,hermit,solitary,anchorite,anchoress,desert saint,celibate,puritan,nun,monk