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.
His bed and seat should always be lower in the presence of his *guru*;
Where his *guru* is slandered or reviled, he should cover his ears or go away from that place.
He may sit with his *guru* on a bullock, horse, or camel, in a vehicle, on a terrace, on a mat, as well as on a rock, a wooden bench, or in a boat.
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.
Such is the fine from the venerable masters, the disciples of the Lord Teacher.
[VS_appendix-10j§2] Now, as for devoted service to the teacher, day by day one should not be far from the teacher, for the purpose of desiring to be taught the ordinances of the *viku*, the reason being not to encounter the wrong path.
[VS_appendix-15j§1] Now, if there is a disciple who misbehaves because of his foolishness, and especially if his bond with the teacher was lacking, which was the cause of his misbehavior, his conduct does not constitute a *pantən*.