guru गुरु gurú mf(vI)n. (cf. girí; comp. gárīyas, once °yas-tara, guru-tara, superl. gariṣṭha, gurutama See ss.vv.) heavy, weighty (opposed to laghú), [RV. i, 39, 3] and [iv, 5, 6]; [AV.] &c. (g. śauṇḍādi, [Gaṇar. 101]) heavy in the stomach (food), difficult to digest, [MBh. i, 3334]; [Suśr.] great, large, extended, long, [Yājñ.] (see -kratu), [Bhartṛ.] &c. (in prosody) long by nature or position (a vowel), [Prāt.] (a vowel long both by nature and by position is called garīyas, [RPrāt. xviii, 20]), [Pāṇ. i, 4, 11] and [12] high in degree, vehement, violent, excessive, difficult, hard, [RV.]; [MBh.] &c. grievous, [Megh. 80] important, serious, momentous, [MBh.] &c. valuable, highly prized, [Yājñ. ii, 30] ( = garīyas) &c. haughty, proud (speech), [Pañcat.] venerable, respectable gurú m. any venerable or respectable person (father, mother, or any relative older than one's self), [Gobh.]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]; [Mn.] &c. a spiritual parent or preceptor (from whom a youth receives the initiatory Mantra or prayer, who instructs him in the Śāstras and conducts the necessary ceremonies up to that of investiture which is performed by the Ācārya, [Yājñ. i, 34]), [RPrāt.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [PārGṛ.]; [Mn.] &c. the chief of (gen. or in comp.), [Cāṇ.]; [Ragh. ii, 68] (with Śāktas) author of a Mantra ‘preceptor of the gods’, Bṛhaspati, [Mn. xi] (hence) the planet Jupiter, [Jyot.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Bhartṛ.] &c. ‘Pāṇḍu-teacher’, Droṇa, [L.] Prabhā-kara (celebrated teacher of the Mīmāṃsā, usually mentioned with Kumārila), [SŚaṃkar. vi, 50]; [xv, 157] (= dharma) ‘venerable’, the 9th astrological mansion, [VarBṛS. i, 16] Mucuna pruritus, [L.] N. of a son of Saṃkṛti, [BhP. ix, 21, 2] du. parents, [MBh.] gurú m. pl. parents and other venerable persons, [Mn. iv]; [Vikr. v, 10]; [Kathās.] a honorific appellation of a preceptor (whose N. is also put in the pl.), Jain, [Hit.] [cf. βαρύς; Lat. gravis; Goth. kauriths; Lith. giéras.] gurubha गुरुभ guru—bha m. ‘Bṛhaspati's constellation’, = -devata, [VarBṛS. lv, 31]; [iic, 12]; [VarYogay. v, 1.] gurudhī गुरुधी guru—dhī v.l. for rucira-dhī, q.v. guruha गुरुह guru—ha v.l. for guḍuha, q.v. guruka गुरुक mfn. a little heavy, [MBh. iii, 11477] (said of limbs slightly affected with sickness), [Suśr. i, 31, 22]; [iv, 5, 41] (in prosody) long, [Śrut. 12 f.] gurutā गुरुता guru—tā f. weight, heaviness, [Śak. ii, 2]; [Suśr.] ‘heaviness’ and ‘dignity’, [Sāh. iii, 52 a/b] burden, trouble, [R. ii, 27, 22] importance, [Śiś. ix, 22] the office of a teacher, [Kathās. xix.] gurubhṛt गुरुभृत् guru—bhṛ́t mfn. bearing heavy things (the earth), [AV. xii, 1, 48.] gurudhur गुरुधुर् guru—dhur f. pl. hard labour, [MBh. i, 741.] gurughna गुरुघ्न guru—ghna m. ‘killing a spiritual teacher’, white mustard, [L.] guruṇḍa गुरुण्ड see surūṇḍa, p. 1236. guruhan गुरुहन् guru—han m. the murderer of a Guru, [L.] gurumat गुरुमत् guru—mat mfn. containing a vowel which is long by nature or position, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 36] gurutva गुरुत्व guru—tva n. weight, heaviness, [Suśr.]; [Ragh.]; [Pañcat.] (in prosody) length (of a vowel), [TPrāt. xxiv, 5] burden, trouble, [W.] severity, violence (of medical treatment), [Suśr.] dulness, [Sarvad. xv, 158] greatness, magnitude, [W.] respectability, dignity, venerableness, [Ragh. x, 65] the office of a teacher, [MBh. v, 178, 44.] guruvat गुरुवत् guru—vat ind. like a Guru, [Mn. ii, 208]; [210] as if to a Guru, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 56], Vārtt. 1 gurubhāra गुरुभार guru—bhāra m. ‘of heavy weight’, N. of a son of Garuḍa, [MBh. v, 3598.] gurubhāva गुरुभाव guru—bhāva m. the condition of a Guru, [W.] importance, weight, [W.] gurudāna गुरुदान guru—dāna n. a present to a religious teacher, [W.] gurudāra गुरुदार guru—dāra m. sg. the teacher's wife, [Āp. i, 25, 10.] gurudāsa गुरुदास guru—dāsa m. N. of a teacher (mentioned in the introduction to the Guru-gītā). gurudina गुरुदिन guru—dina n. Thursday, [Cat.] gurugītā गुरुगीता guru—gītā f. N. of a section of [SkandaP.] (relating to a spiritual teacher) gurugata गुरुगत guru—gata mfn. being with or belonging to a spiritual teacher, [W.] gurugavī गुरुगवी guru—gavī f. the cow of a spiritual teacher, [ĀśvGṛ. ii, 10, 8] (a- neg.) gurugṛha गुरुगृह guru—gṛha n. = -kula, [MBh. i, ch. 3] ‘Bṛhaspati's house’, the signs Sagittarius and Pisces, [VarBṛ. viii, 11.] gurujana गुरुजन guru—jana m. any venerable or elderly person (father, mother, the elders of a family &c.) gurukāra गुरुकार guru—kāra m. worship, adoration, [L.] gurukṛta गुरुकृत guru—kṛta mfn. highly prized or praised, [Bhartṛ.] ([ŚārṅgP.]) worshipped, [W.] gurukopa गुरुकोप guru—kopa m. violent wrath, [W.] gurukula गुरुकुल guru—kula n. the house of a Guru, [MBh. i, ch. 3]; [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 42], Vārtt., [Pat.] gurumatī गुरुमती guru—matī f. pregnant, [BhP. x, 2, 21] gurumeru गुरुमेरु guru—meru m. (in music) a kind of measure. gurumukhī गुरुमुखी guru—mukhī f. N. of a partic. alphabet used by the Sikhs (a modification of Devanāgarī), [RTL. 164] gurupāka गुरुपाक guru—pāka mfn. difficult of digestion, [W.] gurupūjā गुरुपूजा guru—pūjā f. the worship of one's spiritual teacher, [VarYogay. iv, 40] the ceremonies in propitiation of Bṛhaspati when a work is to be performed or undertaken, [W.] gurusārā गुरुसारा guru—sārā f. = -śiṃśapā, [W.] gurusakhī गुरुसखी guru—sakhī f. the female friend of an elder relation, [Āp. i, 21, 9] (v.l. °khi). gurusevā गुरुसेवा guru—sevā f. obsequiousness to a Guru, [Mn. xii, 83.] gurutāla गुरुताल guru—tāla m. (in music) a kind of measure. gurutāpa गुरुताप guru—tāpa m. excessive heat, [W.] gurutama गुरुतम guru—tama mfn. (superl.) most important, [W.] guru—tama m. the best teacher, [W.] gurutara गुरुतर guru—tara mfn. heavier, very heavy, [MBh. iii, 13293] heavy, [xii, 6856] greater, worse, very hard or bad, [Mn. vii], [ix], [xi]; [MBh.] &c. more important, very important or valuable, [Vikr. iv, 31]; [Bhartṛ.]; [Pañcat.] more venerable, [MBh.] very venerable, [R. ii, 79, 2.] guruvāra गुरुवार guru—vāra m. = -divasa, [Hcat. i, 3, 389] ([MBh.]) guruvāsa गुरुवास guru—vāsa m. = -kula-vāsa, [MBh. xiv, 26, 4] and (pl.), [33, 5.] gurubhāryā गुरुभार्या guru—bhāryā f. = -dāra, [Gaut. ii, 33.] guruṇṭaka गुरुण्टक m. (cf. guru-kaṇṭha) a kind of peacock, [L.] gurucaryā गुरुचर्या guru—caryā f. attendance on a teacher, [Mālatīm.] gurudīkṣā गुरुदीक्षा guru—dīkṣā f. initiation into the office of a spiritual preceptor, [SkandaP.] gurukārya गुरुकार्य guru—kārya n. a serious or momentous affair, [Yājñ. ii, 5/6, 31] = -karman, [W.] gurukaṇṭha गुरुकण्ठ guru—kaṇṭha m. a peacock, [Gal.] (cf. guruṇṭaka.) gurukrama गुरुक्रम guru—krama m. succession of teachers or (with Śāktas) of authors of Mantras. gurukratu गुरुक्रतु guru—kratu m. a great sacrifice, [Yājñ. iii, 328.] gurukṣepa गुरुक्षेप guru—kṣepa m. N. of a prince, [VP.] gurumadhya गुरुमध्य guru—madhya mfn. = madhye-guru, heavy in the middle part, [Gaṇar. 91], Sch. gurumattā गुरुमत्ता guru—mat-tā f. heaviness, [7, 27.] gurumuṣṭi गुरुमुष्टि guru—muṣṭi m. a great handful, [Kāṭh. xxi, 7] (of sacrificial grass, darbha-gurumuṣṭí), [MaitrS. iii, 3, 6] (cf. gru-m°.) gurupatnī गुरुपत्नी guru—patnī f. = -dāra, [Mn. ix, 57.] gurupriya गुरुप्रिय guru—priya mfn. dear to a preceptor, [W.] guruputra गुरुपुत्र guru—putra m. a teacher's son, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 56], Vārtt. 1, [Pat.] gururatna गुरुरत्न guru—ratna n. ‘Bṛhaspati's jewel’, topaz, [L.] gurusthira गुरुस्थिर guru—sthira mfn. very firm, [W.] gurutīrtha गुरुतीर्थ guru—tīrtha n. N. of a Tīrtha, [PadmaP.] gurutalpa गुरुतल्प guru—talpa m. ‘a teacher's bed’, in comp. the violation of a teacher's bed (intercourse with his wife), [Gaut. xxiv, 10]; [Mn. ix], [xi]; [Yājñ. iii, 231] a violator of his teacher's bed, [MBh. iii, 1761] gurutvaka गुरुत्वक guru—tvaka n. heaviness, [Bhāṣāp.] guruvaṃśa गुरुवंश guru—vaṃśa m. N. of wk. guruvarṇa गुरुवर्ण guru—varṇa m. a vowel long by nature or by position, [W.] guruvṛtta गुरुवृत्त guru—vṛtta mfn. = -vartaka, [R. iv, 17, 36.] guruvṛtti गुरुवृत्ति guru—vṛtti mfn. long by nature (vowel), [W.] guru—vṛtti f. behaviour towards one's Guru, [MBh. i, 706] guruvyatha गुरुव्यथ guru—vyatha mfn. heavily distressed, [Vikr. iii, 9.] guruyoṣit गुरुयोषित् guru—yoṣit f. a teacher's wife, [Mn. ii, 210] gurubhārika गुरुभारिक guru—°bhārika mfn. heavy (in the stomach; food), [Bhpr. v, 21, 23.] gurudaivata गुरुदैवत guru—daivata n. = guru-devata, [L.] gurudevata गुरुदेवत guru—devata n. ‘having Bṛhaspati for its deity’, the 8th lunar mansion Puṣya, [Gal.] gurudivasa गुरुदिवस guru—divasa m. ‘Bṛhaspati's day’, Thursday (?), [Āryabh. i, 3.] gurukarman गुरुकर्मन् guru—karman n. any affair of a spiritual teacher, [Āp. i, 5, 25.] gurulāghava गुरुलाघव guru—lāghava n. great and small importance, relative importance or value, [Mn. ix, 299]; [MBh. iii], [xiii]; [R.]; [Śak. v, 27/28] length and shortness of vowels, [Śrut.] gurulaghutā गुरुलघुता guru—laghu-tā f. heaviness and lightness, [W.] great and little value, [Bhartṛ. ii, 37] ([Subh.]) gurupattrā गुरुपत्त्रा guru—pattrā f. the tamarind tree, [L.] gurupattra गुरुपत्त्र guru—pattra n. tin, [L.] guruskandha गुरुस्कन्ध guru—skandha m. ‘large-trunked’, the tree śleṣmaṇā, [L.] N. of a mountain, [MBh. xiv, 1175.] gurutalpin गुरुतल्पिन् guru—°talpin mfn. = °lpa-ga, [Mn. xi, 104] (v.l.), [MBh. v], [xiii.] guruvartin गुरुवर्तिन् guru—vartin mfn. id., [MBh. x, 696]; [xiii, 3563]; [R. iv] guruśikharin गुरुशिखरिन् guru—śikharin m. ‘venerable mountain’, the Himālaya, [W.] guruśiṃśapā गुरुशिंशपा guru—śiṃśapā f. = śiṃśapā, [W.] guruśuśrūṣā गुरुशुश्रूषा guru—śuśrūṣā f. obedience to one's Guru or Gurus, [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]; [PārGṛ. ii]; [Viṣṇ.]; [Mn. ii]; [MBh.] &c. guruśuśrūṣu गुरुशुश्रूषु guru—śuśrūṣu mfn. obedient to one's Guru, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 26], Vārtt. 14, [Pat.] gurudakṣiṇā गुरुदक्षिणा guru—dakṣiṇā f. a fee given to a spiritual preceptor, [W.] gurudarśana गुरुदर्शन guru—darśana n. seeing the teacher, [Gaut. ii.] gurumardala गुरुमर्दल guru—mardala m. a kind of drum, [L.] gurupramoda गुरुप्रमोद guru—pramoda m. happiness, delight, [W.] guruprasāda गुरुप्रसाद guru—prasāda m. propitiousness or the favour of one's Guru, [W.] ‘product of a Guru's favour’ i.e. learning, [W.] guruprasūta गुरुप्रसूत guru—prasūta mfn. allowed by one's elder relations, [Gaut. xviii, 5.] gurusaṃnidhi गुरुसंनिधि guru—saṃnidhi m. presence of one's Guru, [10, 14]; [Mn.] &c. gurutalpaga गुरुतल्पग guru—talpa—ga mfn. one who violates his teacher's bed, [TĀr. x, 64]; [Gaut.]; [Mn. ix], [xi], [xii]; [Yājñ.] &c. guruvartaka गुरुवर्तक guru—vartaka mfn. behaving respectfully towards parents or venerable persons, [R. (G) ii, 107, 19.] guruvartitā गुरुवर्तिता guru—var°ti-tā f. respectful behaviour towards venerable persons, [ii, 115, 19]. guruśokānala गुरुशोकानल guru—śokānala m. the fire of heavy sorrow, [W.] guruśuśrūṣin गुरुशुश्रूषिन् guru—śuśrūṣin mfn. (= -śuśrūṣu), [Baudh.] gurukulavāsa गुरुकुलवास guru—kula—vāsa m. residence in the house of a Guru, a pupil's life, [MBh. i, 743] guruparipāṭī गुरुपरिपाटी guru—paripāṭī f. ‘succession of teachers’, N. of a work, [Jain.] gurupattraka गुरुपत्त्रक guru—pattraka n. tin, [Gal.]