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Definition of Acharyas
1. acharya [n] - See also: acharya
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acharyas
Literary usage of Acharyas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History, Antiquities, Topography, and Statistics of Eastern India by Robert Montgomery Martin (1838)
"... will not eat with the Sudras, and are called acharyas. Both acharyas and ...
but the acharyas are most usually called by the former, ..."
2. The World's Congress of Religions: The Addresses and Papers Delivered Before by John Wesley Hanson (1894)
"The teachers of each of these Sampradayas are known as acharyas, ... The acharyas
of the new Sampradayas belong all to the eleventh and twelfth centuries of ..."
3. Hindu Tribes and Castes by Matthew Atmore Sherring (1872)
"The tilak of the Madhu acharyas is a black mark extending from the eye-brow up
the forehead to the hair. These four sects, it is affirmed, have developed ..."
4. The Birth of New India: A Collection of Writings and Speeches on Indian Affairs by Annie Wood Besant (1917)
"And secondly, such translations would vindicate Islam in the eyes of the world,
as translations of the acharyas have vindicated Hinduism. ..."
5. The World's Parliament of Religions: An Illustrated and Popular Story of the by John Henry Barrows (1893)
"... acharyas, following the example of S'ankara, have commented upon these works,
and have thus affiliated each his own system to the Veda. ..."
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