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• -रुः

  1. (a) A father; न केवलं तद्गुरुरेकपार्थिवः क्षितावभूदेकधनुर्धरोऽपि सः R.3.31,48;4.1; 8.29. (b) Forefather, ancestor; त्वां मैत्रावरुणोऽभिनन्दतु गुरुर्यस्ते गुरूणामपि Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)5.27. (c) Father-in-law; त्वं हि मे गुरुः (तद्धर्मतः स्नुषा तेऽहम्) Rām.7.26.28-29.
  2. Any venerable or respectable person, an elderly personage or relative, the elders (Plural) शुश्रूषस्व गुरून् Ś.4.18; Bg. 2.5; Bv.2.7,18,19,49; आज्ञा गुरूणां ह्यविचारणीया R. 14.46.
  3. A teacher, preceptor; गुरुशिष्यौ.
  4. Particularly, a religious teacher, spiritual preceptor. तौ गुरुर्गुरुपत्नी च प्रीत्या प्रतिननन्दतुः R.1.57; (technically aGuru is one who performs the purificatory ceremonies over a boy and instructs him in the Vedas; स गुरुर्यः क्रियाः कृत्वा वेदमस्मै प्रयच्छति Y.1.34).
  5. A lord, head, superintendent, ruler; सर्वे गुरुहिते स्थिताः Rām.4.4.6; कर्णाश्रमाणां गुरवे स वर्णी R.5.19 the head of the castes or orders; गुरुर्नृपाणां गुरवे निवेद्य 2.68.
  6. Name of Bṛihaspati, the preceptor of the gods; गुरुं नेत्रसहस्रेण चोदयामास वासवः Ku.2.29; Pt.1.23.
  7. The planet Jupiter; गुरुकाव्यानुगां बिभ्रच्चान्द्रीमभिनभः श्रियम् Śi.2.2.
  8. The propounder of a new doctrine.
  9. The lunar asterism called पुष्य.
  10. Name of Droṇa, teacher of the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas.
  11. Name of Prabhākara, the leader of a school of the Mīmāṁsakas (called after him Prābhākara).
  12. The supreme spirit.

• -अक्षरम् a long syllable.

• -अङ्गना

  1. the wife of a Guru.
  2. A woman entitled to great respect.

• -अर्थ Adjective important; सतीं व्यादाय शृण्वन्तो लघ्वीं गुर्वर्थगह्वराम् Bhāg.3. 16.14. (-र्थः) a preceptor's fee for instructing a pupil; गुर्वर्थमाहर्तुमहं यतिष्ये R.5.17.

• -उत्तम Adjective highly revered. (-मः) the Supreme soul.

• -उपदेशः

  1. Consultation of the experts; एषु स्थानेषु गुरूपदेशात् सम्यङ् नाडीं परीक्ष्य शिरामोचनं कुर्यात् Śālihotra of Bhoja, 82.
  2. advice by the elders or by the preceptor.

• -कण्ठः a peacock.

• -कारः worship, adoration.

• -कार्यम्

  1. a serious or weighty affair.
  2. the office of a spiritual teacher.

• -कुलम् the residence of a Guru (गुरुगृह), academy; वसन् गुरुकुले नित्यं नित्यम- ध्ययने रतः Mb.9.4.3; आवृत्तानां गुरुकुलाद्विप्राणां पूजको भवेत् Ms.7.82.

• -कृत

  1. Adjective
  2. worshipped.
  3. made much of; अहो निन्द्यं रूपं कविजनविशेषैर्गुरु कृतम् Bh.3.2.

• -क्रमः instruction handed down through a series of teachers, traditional instruction.

• -गृहम् signs (राशिs) Sagittarius (धनु) and Pisces (मीन).

• -घ्नः white mustard.

• -चर्या attendance upon a preceptor; Māl.9.51.

• -जनः any venerable person, an elderly relative, the elders collectively; नापेक्षितो गुरुजनः K.158; Bv.2.7.

• -तल्पः

  1. the bed (wife) of a teacher.
  2. violation or violator of a teacher's bed; Mb.12.56.32.

• -तल्पगः, -तल्पिन्

  1. Masculine
  2. one who violates his teacher's bed (wife), (ranked in Hindu law as a sinner of the worst kind, committer of an अतिपातक; Compare Ms.11.13); Mb.3.43.6.
  3. one who defiles his step-mother.

• -दक्षिणा fee given to a spiritual preceptor; उपात्तविद्यो गुरुदक्षिणार्थी R.5.1.

• -दानम् a Guru's gift.

• -दैवतम् the constellation पुष्य.

• -पत्रा the tamarind tree.

• -त्रम् tin.

• -पाक Adjective difficult of digestion.

• -पूजा

  1. the ceremonies in propitiation of Bṛihaspati when a work is to be performed or undertaken.
  2. the worship of one's spiritual preceptor.

• -प्रसादः the product of a Guru's blessing, id est, that is learning.

• -भम्

  1. the constellation पुष्य.
  2. a bow.
  3. the sign Pisces of the zodiac.

• -भावः importance, weight.

• -मर्दलः a kind of drum or tabor.

• -रत्नम्

  1. topaz; (Marâthî पुष्पराग, गोमेद).
  2. a gem brought from the Himālaya and the Indus.

• -लाघवम् relative importance or value; विरोधिषु महीपाल निश्चित्य गुरु- लाघवम् Mb.3.131.12; Ś.5.

• -वर्चोघ्नः the lime, citron.

• -वर्तिन्, -वासिन् Masculine a student (ब्रह्मचारिन्) who resides at his preceptor's house.

• -वर्ति, -ता Feminine respectful behaviour towards Guru (elder or venerable person); निवेद्य गुरवे राज्यं भजिष्ये गुरुवर्तिताम् Rām.2.115.19.

• -वारः, -वासरः Thursday.

• -वृत्तिः Feminine the conduct of a pupil towards his preceptor; Rām.2.9.2.

• -व्यथ Adjective greatly distressed, heavy with grief; वचोभिराशाजननैर्भवानिव गुरुव्यथम् V. 3.9.

• -शिखरिन् Masculine an epithet of the Himālaya.

• -श्रुतिः a mantra (especially गायत्री); जपमानो गुरुश्रुतिम् Mb.13. 136.6.

• -स्वम् (Equivalent to ष्वम्) the preceptor's wealth or property; गवां क्षीरं गुरुष्वं ते... Bm.1.35.

Derived forms and compounds

• -रु

  1. Neuter (Masculine also) न गुरुर्यस्मात्
  2. The fragrant aloe wood and tree; Aquiluria Agallocha.
  3. That which yields Bdellium, Amyris Agallocha.
  4. The Śiśu tree (शिंशपा).

• -शिंशपा [अगुरुः सारो यस्यास्ताद्दशी शिंशपा; मध्यमपदलो.] the Śiśu tree.

• -सारः a sort of perfume.

Derived forms and compounds

• -रुः A very respectable person, such as a father, mother etc. (त्रयः पुरुषस्य अतिगुरवो भवन्ति पिता माता आचार्यश्च)