"acharya" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: acharyas [plural]
Etymology: From Sanskrit ācāra (“Practice and Discipline”) Sanskrit ārya (“Virtuous and Reverend”) Sanskrit ācārya (“Practitioner and Teacher”). Doublet of ajari. Etymology templates: {{root|en|sa|चर्}}, {{bor|en|sa|आचार|ācāra|Practice and Discipline}} Sanskrit ācāra (“Practice and Discipline”), {{bor|en|sa|आर्य|ārya|Virtuous and Reverend}} Sanskrit ārya (“Virtuous and Reverend”), {{bor|en|sa|आचार्य|ācārya|Practitioner and Teacher}} Sanskrit ācārya (“Practitioner and Teacher”), {{doublet|en|ajari}} Doublet of ajari Head templates: {{en-noun}} acharya (plural acharyas)
  1. (historical, rare) an individual who practices or is knowledgeable on any of the prevalent disciplines of customs, learning, rituals, arts, traditions, schools etc., especially one imparting them into pupils. Tags: historical, rare Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-acharya-en-noun-PsKvOgEQ Disambiguation of People: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Urdu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 83 17
  2. (historical, rare) a scholar, practitioner, professional, specialist, disciplinarian imparting knowledge. Tags: historical, rare Categories (topical): People Translations (Disciplinarian, Scholar, Academic, Expert, Specialist.): आचार्य (ācārya) [masculine] (Hindi), ácsárja (Hungarian), acharya [masculine] (Portuguese), ఆచార్యుడు (ācāryuḍu) (Telugu), آچاریہ (ācārya) [masculine] (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-acharya-en-noun-yOTbvgHQ Disambiguation of People: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'Disciplinarian, Scholar, Academic, Expert, Specialist.': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: female equivalent acharyani

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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