Kulacarya, 碍耻濒腻肠腻谤测补, Kula-acarya: 10 definitions
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Kulacarya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Kulacharya.
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram碍耻濒腻肠腻谤测补 (啶曕啶侧ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�) refers to a 鈥渢eacher in the Kula鈥�, according to the Manth膩nabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik膩.鈥擜ccordingly, [while describing the Eight Kulas]鈥斺�淸...] He who knows the omnipresent Kula is a teacher in the Kula (办耻濒腻肠腻谤测补). He who says that Kulakaula is devoid of the knowledge of the planes (of existence) does not have liberation and he wanders in the world of transmigration full of the wombs (within which he is reborn)鈥�.
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary办耻濒腻肠腻谤测补 (啶曕啶侧ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�).鈥攎 (S) A family priest or spiritual director.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary碍耻濒腻肠腻谤测补 (啶曕啶侧ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�).鈥�
1) a family priest or teacher.
2) a geneologist.
Derivable forms: 办耻濒腻肠腻谤测补岣� (啶曕啶侧ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶).
碍耻濒腻肠腻谤测补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kula and 腻肠腻谤测补 (啶嗋啶距ぐ啷嵿く). See also (synonyms): kulaguru.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍耻濒腻肠腻谤测补 (啶曕啶侧ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�) or Kul膩c膩ryya.鈥攎.
(-谤测补岣�) 1. A family priest. 2. A geneologist. E. kula and 腻肠腻谤测补 teacher.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍耻濒腻肠腻谤测补 (啶曕啶侧ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�).鈥攎. a family priest, [Bh膩gavata-Pur膩峁嘺, (ed. Burnouf.)] 9, 1, 9.
碍耻濒腻肠腻谤测补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kula and 腻肠腻谤测补 (啶嗋啶距ぐ啷嵿く).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 碍耻濒腻肠腻谤测补 (啶曕啶侧ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�):鈥擺from kula] m. a family teacher, family priest, [Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺; Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺]
2) [v.s. ...] a person well versed in pedigrees and customs of different families and employed to contract marriages between them, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] a genealogist, [Horace H. Wilson]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍耻濒腻肠腻谤测补 (啶曕啶侧ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�):鈥擺办耻濒腻+肠腻谤测补] (谤测测补岣�) 1. m. Family priest.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus碍耻濒腻肠腻谤测补 (嗖曕硜嗖侧簿嗖氞簿嗖班硩嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] a person who is or regarded to be, the preceptor for several generations of a family; a family-teacher.
2) [noun] a family priest.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Acarya, Kola.
Full-text: Kulacaryya, Kulaguru, Bhumikajnana, Jnananirmukta, Yonisamkula, Ghataka.
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