Alternative spellings of this word include Acharyaka.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ācāryaka (आचार्यक).—a. Originating from a spiritual preceptor; P.IV.2.14 Vārt.14.

-kam 1 Instruction, tuition, teaching (lessons &c); लङ्कास्त्रीणां पुनश्चक्रे विलापाचार्यकं शरैः (laṅkāstrīṇāṃ punaścakre vilāpācāryakaṃ śaraiḥ) R.12.78; आचार्यकम् विजयि मान्मथमाविरासीत् (ācāryakam vijayi mānmathamāvirāsīt) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.26;

2) The proficiency of a spiritual teacher.

3) A post of a preceptor आचार्यकं कौरवाणां वाञ्छंस्तस्थौ कृपालये (ācāryakaṃ kauravāṇāṃ vāñchaṃstasthau kṛpālaye) Bm.1.625. ताण्डवाचार्यकं कुर्वन्निव क्रीडाशिखण्डिनाम् (tāṇḍavācāryakaṃ kurvanniva krīḍāśikhaṇḍinām) Bm.1.116.

4) Honouring the preceptor. चकाराचार्यकं तत्र कुन्तीपुत्रो धनञ्जयः (cakārācāryakaṃ tatra kuntīputro dhanañjayaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.147.6.

5) Commenting, expounding (vyākhyātṛtva); श्रुत्यञ्चलाचार्यकम् (śrutyañcalācāryakam) Viś. Gunā.289.

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

Ācāryaka (आचार्यक).—f. °ikā (as subst. = Pali ācariyaka, teacher; Sanskrit ācārya plus -ka), (1) adj. of a teacher: °ryakaṃ padam avāpa, attained the station of a teacher Jātakamālā 2.5—6 (sakalāsu kalāsv); 142.16 (teṣv, sc. dharmaśāstreṣu); (2) subst. teacher, especially in [bahuvrīhi] cpds., as Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 81.1 (prose) svayaṃbhujñānam anācāryakaṃ jñānam, …that needs no teacher; Lalitavistara 377.14 svayam-ācāryakaṃ jñānaṃ, that is self-instructing, acts itself as teacher; Avadāna-śataka i.193.8 sācār- yakāṇi tāni kulāni; but also as separate word Bhikṣuṇī-karmavācanā 10b.3 ācāryike (voc.) and 4 °yikām (acc.), both fem.; ācāryaka- tvam Bodhisattvabhūmi 226.16 (prose) teacherhood, state of being a teacher (bodhisattvamārge).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ācāryaka (आचार्यक).—[ācārya + ka], n. in nā- ṭya-, Teaching the scenic art, i. e. dancing and acting, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 268.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ācāryaka (आचार्यक).—[neuter] office or art of teaching.

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

1) Ācāryaka (आचार्यक):—[from ā-car] a n. ([Pāṇini 4-2, 104] [commentator or commentary]) the office or profession of a teacher, [Pañcatantra; Raghuvaṃśa etc.]

2) [from ā-cāra] b etc. See, [ib.]

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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.

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Starts with: Acaryakarana, Acaryakarika.

Ends with: Abrahmacaryaka, Anacaryaka, Ashvabrahmacaryaka, Natyacaryaka, Svayamacaryaka, Turagabrahmacaryaka, Turagavrahmacaryaka.

Full-text: Anacaryaka, Svayamacaryaka, Manmatha, Vijayin, Avis, Vun, Ash.

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