Definition of Swami

1. Noun. A Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect.

Generic synonyms: Hindoo, Hindu

Definition of Swami

1. Noun. A Hindu religious teacher. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Swami

1. a Hindu religious teacher [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swami

swallowed
swallowers
swallowest
swalloweth
swallowfish
swallowing
swallows
swallowtail
swallowtails
swallowwort
swallowworts
swaly
swam
swamboite
swami (current term)
swamies
swamis
swamp
swamp ash
swamp azalea
swamp bay
swamp beggar-ticks
swamp birch
swamp blackberry
swamp blueberry
swamp buggy
swamp candleberry
swamp candles
swamp chestnut oak

Literary usage of Swami

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste by Jogendra Nath Bhattacharya (1896)
"His monastic name was Sahajanand, but he is now known by the name of swami Narayan, which he took up when he set himself up as a ..."

2. Young India: An Interpretation and a History of the Nationalist Movement by Lajpat Rai (1916)
"swami Abhedananda. " India pays interest on England's debt, ... swami ABHEDANANDA ("India and Her People"). Alfred Webb (late MP): " In charges for the ..."

3. Young India: An Interpretation and a History of the Nationalist Movement by Lajpat Rai (1916)
"swami Abhedananda. " India pays interest on England's debt, which in 1900 amounted to 244 millions sterling, and which annually increases. ..."

4. The Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of Three Thousand Years by Henry Coppڳee (1900)
"The people of Northern India, swami Vivekananda says, are spiritual in their views, but those of Southern India are worshippers of a negative form of ..."

5. Message of the East by Cohasset (Mass.). Vedanta Centre (1922)
"swami Paramananda ...... 124 Practice of Discipleship. swami Paramananda . ... swami Paramananda .......... 145 Resist not Evil. Tolstoy . ..."

6. The World's Parliament of Religions: An Illustrated and Popular Story of the by John Henry Barrows (1893)
"As Dr. Fisher truly says : " Belief in the personality of man, and belief in the personality of God, stand or fall together." HINDUISM. BY swami ..."

7. Hermione and Her Little Group of Serious Thinkers by Don Marquis (1916)
"HOW THE swami HAPPENED TO HAVE SEVEN WIVES ISN'T it terrible about that elephant at the Zoo —Oh, ... The dear swami! Such eyes—so pure and yet so magnetic! ..."

8. Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste by Jogendra Nath Bhattacharya (1896)
"His monastic name was Sahajanand, but he is now known by the name of swami Narayan, which he took up when he set himself up as a ..."

9. Young India: An Interpretation and a History of the Nationalist Movement by Lajpat Rai (1916)
"swami Abhedananda. " India pays interest on England's debt, ... swami ABHEDANANDA ("India and Her People"). Alfred Webb (late MP): " In charges for the ..."

10. Young India: An Interpretation and a History of the Nationalist Movement by Lajpat Rai (1916)
"swami Abhedananda. " India pays interest on England's debt, which in 1900 amounted to 244 millions sterling, and which annually increases. ..."

11. The Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of Three Thousand Years by Henry Coppڳee (1900)
"The people of Northern India, swami Vivekananda says, are spiritual in their views, but those of Southern India are worshippers of a negative form of ..."

12. Message of the East by Cohasset (Mass.). Vedanta Centre (1922)
"swami Paramananda ...... 124 Practice of Discipleship. swami Paramananda . ... swami Paramananda .......... 145 Resist not Evil. Tolstoy . ..."

13. The World's Parliament of Religions: An Illustrated and Popular Story of the by John Henry Barrows (1893)
"As Dr. Fisher truly says : " Belief in the personality of man, and belief in the personality of God, stand or fall together." HINDUISM. BY swami ..."

14. Hermione and Her Little Group of Serious Thinkers by Don Marquis (1916)
"HOW THE swami HAPPENED TO HAVE SEVEN WIVES ISN'T it terrible about that elephant at the Zoo —Oh, ... The dear swami! Such eyes—so pure and yet so magnetic! ..."

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