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Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Lokaguru (लोकगुरु) refers to the “preceptor of the worlds” and is used to describe Brahmā, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.14 (“The birth of Jalandhara and his marriage”).—Accordingly, as Sanatkumāra narrated to Vyāsa: “The brilliance of Śiva born of the eye in the forehead and cast off into the briny sea immediately assumed the form of a boy. [...] O dear holy one, O great brahmin, the entire world including the mobile and immobile quaked at the cries of the boy. Then the distressed gods and the sages immediately sought refuge in Brahmā the grandfather and preceptor of the worlds (lokaguru). After going there, those sages and the gods including Indra bowed to and eulogised Brahmā and spoke these words. [...]”.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Lokaguru (लोकगुरु).—Is Brahmā.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 65. 71.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Lokaguru (लोकगुरु).—name of a Buddha in the east: Mahāvastu i.123.11.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lokaguru (लोकगुरु):—[=loka-guru] [from loka > lok] m. a teacher of the world, instructor of the people, [Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Lokaguru in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Lōkaguru (ಲೋಕಗುರು):—[noun] the Supreme Being, considered as the spiritual tacher of the world.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Loka, Guru.

Ends with: Sarvalokaguru.

Full-text: Sarvalokaguru, Tatpara.

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