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Entry आचार्य

  1. आचार्यācāryaA teacher or preceptor (in general).

    [आ-चर्-ण्यत् ParasmaipadaIII.1.1 Vār. Kāś.]

    1. A teacher or preceptor (in general).
    2. A spiritual guide or preceptor, holy teacher (one who invests a boy with the sacred thread, instructs him in the Vedas etc.); उपनीय तु यः शिष्यम् वेदमध्यापयेद् द्विजः । सकल्पं सरहस्यं च तमाचार्यं प्रचक्षते Ms.2.14; Compare also आचिनोति च शास्त्रार्थं आचारे स्थापयत्यपि । स्वयमाचरते यस्तु स आचार्य इति स्मृतः ॥ read also वेदाध्यापनेन च आचार्यो भवति Ms.6.1.35; see अध्यापक also.
    3. One who propounds a particular doctrine.
    4. (When affixed to proper names) Learned, venerable (somewhat like the English Dr.).
    5. An adviser or preceptor at a sacrifice etc.
    6. An epithet of Droṇa; आचार्यमुपसंगम्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत् Bg.1.2.
    7. A degree or title of proficiency.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -र्या A female preceptor, a spiritual preceptress.

    • -उपासनम् waiting upon or serving the spiritual preceptor; आचार्योपासनं शौचम् Bg.13.7.

    • -करणम् acting as a teacher; ParasmaipadaI.3.36.

    • -देवः one whose preceptor is his god.

    • -देशीय Adjective Somewhat inferior to Āchārya (a title applied by commentators to scholars or disputants whose statements contain only a part of the truth. The term is opposed to 'Āchārya' and 'Siddhāntin' Kaiyata and Nāgojibhatta on Pat.) -भोगीन Adjective आचार्यभोगाय हितम् ख to be enjoyed by, fit for the use of, a preceptor; delighting the preceptor.

    • -मिश्र Adjective venerable, honourable.

    • -सवः Name of an Ekāha sacrifice.

    In the Gita1·21·31·261·33

    आचार्यमुपसंगम्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

    ācāryamupasaṁgamya rājā vacanamabravīt. — Sanjaya said:- Then the prince Duryodhana, having seen the army of the Pandavas arrayed in battle order, approached his teacher and spoke these… 1·2
    • आचार्यम्ācāryamaccusative singular of the masculine noun ācārya (the teacher, preceptor).
    • आचार्यācāryavocative singular of the masculine noun ācārya (the teacher, preceptor).
    • आचार्यान्‌ācāryānaccusative plural of the masculine noun ācārya (the teacher, preceptor).
    • आचार्याःācāryāḥnominative plural of the masculine noun ācārya (the teacher, preceptor).
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Headwords under आ

Part 3 of 14 आङ्ग्य – आढकिकAll parts
  1. आ – आक्षीलम्
  2. आक्षेप – आङ्गूष
  3. आङ्ग्य – आढकिक
  4. आढ्य – आदिश्
  5. आदिष्ट – आनह्
  6. आनाथ्यम् – आपस्कर
  7. आपस्कारम् – आभिप्लविक
  8. आभिमन्यव – आम्लि
  9. आय – आरुक
  10. आरुच् – आलानम्
  11. आलानिक – आवि
  12. आविक – आश्म
  13. आश्मन – आस्तार
  14. आस्तारक – आह्वे