گرو

गुरु guru, and H. गुरू gurū, vulg. gur (in comp,), adj. & s.m. (fem. gurvi, or gurviṇī), Heavy, weighty; great, large, extended, long (as a vowel), grave (as an accent); difficult, hard; high (in degree), vehement, violent, excessive, deep, much; important, serious, momentous; valuable, highly prized, dear, beloved; venerable, honourable, respectable; excellent; best;—one who is an object of reverence, a venerable or respectable person (as a father, mother, etc.); a spiritualparent or preceptor (from whom a youth receives the initiatory Mantraor prayer and who conducts the necessary ceremonies up to the period of investiture with the sacrificial thread); a spiritual guide, a religious teacher (one who explains the law and religion to his pupil, instructs him in the Śāstras, etc.); a pastor; a teacher (generally); a superior;—a name of Brihaspati or the planet Jupiter (who is considered as the guruor preceptor of the gods);—a wise man, a sage (=gur-gyānī);—(ironic.) a consummate knave:—gur-bār, s.m. Thursday (=guru-vār):—gur-bol, s.m. Grammar:—guru-bhā`ī, vulg. gur-bhā`ī, s.m. Follower of the same spiritual preceptor or guide, fellow-sectarian, fellow-disciple; fellowstudent:—guru-pāk, adj. Difficult of digestion:—guru-putr, s.m. (f. -ī), The child (natural or adopted) of a religious preceptor:—guru-jan, vulg. gur-jan, s.m. pl. Religious or venerable persons, eminent persons, great people, respectable people;—s.m. sing. A venerable person (as a father, a religious preceptor, etc.), an elder, a superior:—gurdakhshālenā= gur-mukh honā:—gurudakshiṇā, vulg. gur-daććhanā, s.f. A fee given to a spiritual preceptor; rent-free land given to a religious teacher:—gur-du`ārāor gur-dwārā, s.m. A monastery:—guru-dhaṇya, s.m. The pronouncing a blessing on a religious guide:—guru-dev, s.m. A respectful epithet of any guru:—guru-daivat, s.m. The eighth Nakshatraor lunar constellation Pushya (of which Brihaspati is the ruling deity):—guru-ratn, s.m. A topaz:—guru-kārya, s.m. A serious or momentous affair;—the business or office of a spiritual teacher:—guru-ghanṭāl, s.m. 'A guruwith bells' (hung round his neck), a thorough knave:—guru-laksh, vulg. guru-laćh, or gurlaćh, s.m.=next:—guru-lakshaṇ, adj. (f. -ā), Heavy, hard of digestion;—s.m. Knowledge which can be acquired from a living instructor only:—gur-mātā, s.f. The wife of a spiritual teacher:—guru- (or gur-) mukh honā, v.n. To receive the initiatory Mantrafrom a guru; to become a disciple or pupil:—gur-mukhī, s.f. Name of the character in which the Panjābīlanguage is written:—guru-vār, vulg. gur-bār, s.m. 'The day of Jupiter,' Thursday.