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Acarya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Ācarya (आचर्य):—(wie eben) adj. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 100, Vārttika von Kātyāyana.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 15.]

1) adeundus, zu betreten, zu besuchen: ācaryo deśaḥ [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 100, Vārttika von Kātyāyana.,] [Scholiast] —

2) zu thun, zu vollbringen: ācaryaṃ karma [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 147,] [Scholiast]

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Ācārya (आचार्य):—

1) m. a) Lehrer, insbes. von einem Brahmanen, der seinen Schüler mit der heiligen Schnur umgürtet und denselben in die heiligen Schriften einführt, [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 16.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 7.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 2, 12.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 78.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 11, 5, 1.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 6, 2, 15. 10, 1, 4, 10. 11, 3, 3, 3. 6. 7. 5, 4, 2. 12. 12, 2, 2, 13.] [TAITT. Upakośā 1, 3, 5.] [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 3, 4.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 92.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 1, 4. 7, 22.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 36.] upanīya tu yaḥ śiṣyaṃ vedamadhyāpayeddvijaḥ . sakalpaṃ sarahasyaṃ ca tamācāryaṃ pracakṣate .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 140] (vgl. [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 34]). upādhyāyāndaśācārya ācāryāṇāṃ śataṃ pitā (gauraveṇātiricyate) [145.] vedapradānādācāryaṃ pitaraṃ paricakṣate [171.] ācāryo brahmaṇo mūrtiḥ [225.] ācāryo brahmalokeśaḥ [4, 182.] yuddhācārya [3, 162.] ācāryadeva den Lehrer als Gottheit verehrend [TAITT. Upakośā 1, 11, 2.] ācāryakaraṇa das den - Lehrer - Machen [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 3, 36.] ācāryīkurvan [Scholiast] ācāryahemacandra [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 15]; vgl. [Vopadeva’s Grammatik Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 175.] — b) ein Beiname Droṇa’s, des Lehrers der Pāṇḍu, [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 19.] Vgl. [Bhagavadgītā 1, 2.] —

2) f. yā Lehrerin [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 1, 14.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 524.] [Siddhāntakaumudī] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 49.] Vgl. ācāryānī . — Man pflegt adeundus als ursprüngliche Bedeutung von ācārya (von car mit ā) aufzustellen (vgl. [Mahābhārata 14, 678] : yathā hi śiṣyaḥ śāstāraṃ śrutyarthamabhidhāvati); vielleicht liesse sich aber auch die übertragene den man zur Richtschnur zu nehmen hat rechtfertigen. Auch könnte man einen nähern Znsammenhang mit ācāra annehmen; dann wäre ācārya ein Mann der Regeln, der Observanzen.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Ācarya (आचर्य):—Adj. —

1) adeundus. —

2) zu thun.

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Ācārya (आचार्य):——

1) m. — a) Lehrer , insbes. ein Brahman , der seinen Schüler mit der heiligen Schnur umgürtet und ihn in die heiligen Schriften einführt. ācāryajāyā [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11,3,3,7.] ācāryāntevāsinau [10,1,4.10.] ācāryakula n. , dāra m. , putra m. [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra] śuśuṣā [Saṃhitopaniṣad 36,5.] — b) Beiname Droṇa's. des Lehrers der Pāṇḍava. —

2) *f. ācāryā Lehrerin.

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