Mahacarya, Mahācārya, Maha-acarya: 6 definitions
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Mahacarya has 4 English definitions available.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahācaryā (महाचर्या):—[(ma + ca)] f. der grosse Wandel, so heisst der Wandel eines Bodhisattva: jagrāha tāṃ caryām [Kathāsaritsāgara 72, 155.]
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Mahācārya (महाचार्य):—[(mahā + ā)] m. der grosse Lehrer, Beiname Śiva’s [Śivanāmasahasra]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahācaryā (महाचर्या):—f. der Wandel eines Bodhisattva.
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Mahācārya (महाचार्य):—m. ein grosser Lehrer (Śiva).
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Maha, Carya, Acarya.
Full-text: Advaitavidyavijaya, Brahmadanda, Abhihata, Abhihatacitta, Vakkarman, Kayakarman, Chandaka, Vedantasutra, Vyasasutra, Brahmasutra.
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 18 - Rāmānujadāsa alias Mahācārya < [Chapter XX - Philosophy of the Rāmānuja School of Thought]
Part 5 - The Influence of the Āḻvārs on the followers of Rāmānuja < [Chapter XVIII - An Historical and Literary Survey of the Viśiṣṭādvaita School of Thought]
Part 4 - Rāmānuja Literature < [Chapter XVIII - An Historical and Literary Survey of the Viśiṣṭādvaita School of Thought]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
II. Why the buddha thinks highly of his ten powers < [Part 3 - Appendices to the ten powers]
I. Acquiring precedence over the Śrāvakas and Pratyekabuddhas < [Part 3 - Acquiring precedence, etc.]
Part 1 - The Buddha is omniscient, independent, without a teacher < [Chapter III - General Explanation of Evam Maya Śruta]
Siddhanta Sangraha of Sri Sailacharya (by E. Sowmya Narayanan)
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 6 - First incarnation series (vii): rol pa'i rdo rje (Karmapa IV) < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 98 - Thousand names of Śiva (Sahasranāma) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]