आचार्यācārya

आचार्य (ācārya) is a Sanskrit word meaning name of Drona, the teacher of the Pandavas, a spiritual preceptress, no separate definition, see the related entry, a spiritual guide or teacher, a female spiritual preceptress. Its 15 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Teacher or Spiritual Guide, Epithet for Specific Figures, Female Spiritual Preceptress (Ācāryā).

Meanings by context

Teacher or Spiritual Guide

7 definitions
A spiritual guide or teacher, especially one who invests a student with the sacrificial thread and instructs him in the Vedas

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A teacher, especially a Brahman, or Drona

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A teacher or spiritual preceptor. 2. A propounder of a religious doctrine.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A spiritual guide or teacher

Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A teacher or spiritual guide. 2. A specific caste.

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

teacher, especially of the Veda

Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. A spiritual guide or teacher. 2. A female spiritual preceptress.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Epithet for Specific Figures

4 definitions
Name of Drona, the teacher of the Pandavas

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Drona

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Kripa

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Parashurama

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Female Spiritual Preceptress (Ācāryā)

1 definition
A spiritual preceptress

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Qualifications of an Ācārya

1 definition
old, selfless, highly learned, humble, well disciplined, and truthful teacher who follows the rules of good conduct

The Purana Index

Referential Entry

1 definition
No separate definition; see the related entry

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Social Category or Lineage

1 definition
the son of an outcast Vaishya and a Vaishya woman who was formerly a Brahmin's wife

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 9 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.