Călănus (Callă-), i, m., = Κάλανος,
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.