# जगद्गुरु (jagadguru)

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जगद्गुरु (jagadguru) is a Sanskrit word meaning the father of the world, brahmā, Vishnu, Shiva. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Specific Deities as Jagadguru, Epithet 'Father/Teacher of the World'.

- **SLP1:** `jagadguru`  **IAST:** jagadguru  **Devanagari:** जगद्गुरु
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagadguru
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/jagadguru/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Specific Deities as Jagadguru (4 definitions)
- Brahmā  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Brahmā, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) ii, 5, 12 [ ID=76336 ]
- Vishnu  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Viṣṇu, Harivaṃśa (Title) 15699; Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) i, 8, 25 [ ID=76337 ]
- Shiva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Śiva, Kumāra-sambhava (Title) vi, 15 [ ID=76338 ]
- Rama as an incarnation of Vishnu  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Rāma (as Viṣṇu's incarnation), Rāmāyaṇa (Title) iii, 6, 18. [ ID=76339 ]

### Epithet 'Father/Teacher of the World' (3 definitions)
- the father of the world  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 408,2] जगद् (jagad) — गुरु (—guru) m. the father of the world, Raghuvaṃśa (Title) x, 65 [ ID=76335 ]
- father of the world, an epithet of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जगद्गुरु (jagadguru) [Printed book page 098-1 ] जगद्गुरु (jagadguru) jagad-guru, m. father of the world, ep. of Brahman, Viṣṇa, and Śiva; -dala, m. N. of a prince; -dīpa, m. light of the world. sun; -dhātṛ, m. creator of the world, ep. of Brahman and Viṣṇu; -yoni, f. source of the world, ep. of Brahman, Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa, Śiva, and Prakṛti. [ ID=7799 ]
- father of the world  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जगद्गुरु (jagadguru) [Printed book page 179 ] जगद्गुरु (jagadguru) m. father of the world, E. of sev. gods. [ ID=10890 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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