Avadhoot
(अवधूत)Literal Meaning
One who has shaken off worldly bonds
Etymology & Sanskrit Root
From Sanskrit 'avadhu' (to shake off, cast away); a free spiritual wanderer who belongs to no sect, caste, or fixed abode, an ideal Kabir himself embodied by refusing to be claimed by either Hindu or Muslim orthodoxy.
Spiritual Insight & Context
Kabir's declaration 'I am not Hindu, nor Muslim' is the avadhoot spirit in its purest form — freedom not from religion itself, but from religion as a cage of identity.