Acharya Definition

noun

A spiritual teacher, guru.

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An influential mentor.

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suffix

(suffix) A title of honour, meaning "learned" or "honoured".

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Other Word Forms of Acharya

Noun

Singular:
acharya
Plural:
acharyas

Origin of Acharya

  • From Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya, “one who is learned in conduct”), from आचार (ācāra, “rules, conduct”).

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Acharya Sentence Examples

  • Of greater importance than the sect just noticed, because of their far larger following, are the two sects founded early in the 16th century by Vallabha (Ballabha) Acharya and Chaitanya.

  • He is indeed taken by some authorities to be identical with the mathematician Bhaskara Acharya, who is known to 'have completed his chief work in A.D.

  • In the midst of these conflicting tendencies, an attempt was made, about the latter part of the 8th century, by the distinguished Malabar theologian and philosopher Sankara Acharya to restore the Brahmanical creed to ?'

  • Madh y a Acharya, another distinguished Vedanta teacher and founder of a Vaishnava sect, born in Kanara in A.D.

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Words Starting With

AACACH

Words Ending With

AYARYA

Unscrambles

acharya

Words Starting With A and Ending With A

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With A7 Letter Words Ending With A