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Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Source: Pure Bhakti: Brhad Bhagavatamrtam

Gurujana (गुरुजन) refers to:—Venerable persons. (cf. Glossary page from Śrī Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta).

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

gurujana (गुरुजन).—m (S) A dignified or venerable person: any one demanding our homage.

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

gurujana (गुरुजन).—m A dignified or venerable person.

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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

Gurujana (गुरुजन).—any venerable person, an elderly relative, the elders collectively; नापेक्षितो गुरुजनः (nāpekṣito gurujanaḥ) K.158; Bv.2.7.

Derivable forms: gurujanaḥ (गुरुजनः).

Gurujana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms guru and jana (जन).

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

Gurujana (गुरुजन).—m.

(-naḥ) 1. An elder, a venerable person. 2. The elders of a family, &c. E. guru and jana people.

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

Gurujana (गुरुजन).—m. a venerable person, as one’s parents or spiritual teacher, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 19. Grāma

Gurujana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms guru and jana (जन).

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

Gurujana (गुरुजन):—[=guru-jana] [from guru] m. any venerable or elderly person (father, mother, the elders of a family etc.)

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

Gurujana (गुरुजन):—[guru-jana] (naḥ) 1. m. An elder.

[Sanskrit to German]

Gurujana 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

Gurujana (ಗುರುಜನ):—[noun] (pl.) one’s elders, teachers and advisors (often used as a general term for elders).

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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: Guru, Jana.

Starts with: Gurujanapujita.

Full-text: Gurujan, Asi.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Gurujana, Guru-jana; (plurals include: Gurujanas, janas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)

Verse 3.5.12 < [Part 5 - Conjugal Love (mādhurya-rasa)]

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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)

Text 4.48 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]

Text 10.1 [Upamā] < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]

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