Guru
historical figure · 3 works · 5 mentions · 12 anchored passages
also in the atlas: guru the idea
guru · teacher · ācārya · Lord Teacher · the Guru · the teacher · venerable teacher
spoken of as
1 expressionteacher“guru”2 mentions
Tarkasaṃgraha (Sanskrit) · Vratisasana (Kawi)
Having set the Lord of the Universe in my heart and having paid homage to my teacher, this maṅgalācaraṇa (auspicious opening invocation) is composed:
in the texts
Manusmṛti
The teacher figure to whom the student owes reverence, service, and near-filial devotion.
He should not sit with his *guru* to the windward or leeward of him;
His bed and seat should always be lower in the presence of his *guru*;
At the beginning and at the end of a lesson, the feet of the teacher must always be clasped;
Tarkasaṃgraha
Annaṃbhaṭṭa's unnamed teacher, saluted in the opening invocation.
Having set the Lord of the Universe in my heart and having paid homage to my teacher, this maṅgalācaraṇa (auspicious opening invocation) is composed:
Vratisasana
The instructing guru responsible for teaching, disciplining, forgiving, and consecrating disciples, and who bears consequences for their disciples' misconduct.
Therefore, let the disciplining of sons and disciples be carried out.
Such is the fine from the venerable masters, the disciples of the Lord Teacher.
*Gurutalpaka* is the name for having intercourse with the wife of one's teacher, wherever she may be.