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guruhood

noun

Etymology

From guru + -hood.

  1. derived from गुरु
  2. borrowed from ਗੁਰੂ
  3. borrowed from गुरु
  4. suffixed as guruhood — “guru + hood”

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of a guru

    • According to Agehananda Bharati, the famous Tantric scholar, diksha forms the essence of guruhood: The notion of diksha provides us, as a semantic by-product so to speak, with a definition of a guru —[...]
    • Model Gurus of Indian Tradition: From the time of Brihaspati and Dakshinamurti we have had ancient models of Guruhood in India.
    • Indeed, with them the words and message of the Guru as transmitted to them were considered as Guru, guruhood being supposed to have been transmitted to them through the words and the message and the mission that went with them.

  2. Alternative form of guruhood.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA