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Hindu Concepts of Teacher Sanskrit Guru and Ācārya

  • Hara M
Springer Netherlands, (1979), 93-118
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-8941-2_6
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Abstract

The Sanskrit words ācārya and guru both have the meaning of ‘teacher’. The etymology of ācārya is not certain. It is generally supposed to derive from ācāra, right conduct, or fromācarati, to approach, to go to as for...

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Hara, M. (1979). Hindu Concepts of Teacher Sanskrit Guru and Ācārya. In Sanskrit and Indian Studies (pp. 93–118). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8941-2_6

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