The Sanskrit terms Dharmōpadēśaka and Dharmopadeśaka can be transliterated into English as Dharmopadesaka or Dharmopadeshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dharmōpadēśaka (धर्मोपदेशक).—m (S) A spiritual preceptor or guide.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

dharmōpadēśaka (धर्मोपदेशक).—m A spiritual preceptor or guide.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dharmopadeśaka (धर्मोपदेशक).—

1) a teacher of the law.

2) a spiritual teacher, a Guru.

Derivable forms: dharmopadeśakaḥ (धर्मोपदेशकः).

Dharmopadeśaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dharma and upadeśaka (उपदेशक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dharmopadeśaka (धर्मोपदेशक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A Guru or spiritual preceptor. E. dharma virtue, upa before, diś to show, affix ṇvul; pointing out good and evil to his scholars.

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

Dharmopadeśaka (धर्मोपदेशक):—[from dharmopadeśa > dharma > dhara] m. teacher of the l°, spiritual preceptor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Dharmopadeśaka (धर्मोपदेशक):—[dharmo+padeśaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A Guru.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Dharmopadeśaka (धर्मोपदेशक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Dhammovaesaga, Dhammovaesaya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dharmopadeshaka 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

Dharmōpadēśaka (ಧರ್ಮೋಪದೇಶಕ):—[noun] a man who gives instructions in religion or morals.

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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: Upadeshaka, Dharma, Tarma.

Full-text: Dhammovaesaga, Dhammovaesaya, Upadeshaka.

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