Gururaja, Gururāja, Gururājan, Guru-rajan: 2 definitions
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Gururaja means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection IGururāja (गुरुराज) or Gururājagīta is the name of a work by Bhuvanakīrti dealing with individual religious teachers in Jain literature.—The Gururāja-gīta (in Rajasthani/Hindi) is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The title Gururājagīta (“song in honour of the teacher-king”) is rather unassuming. But the two short compositions are in fact lively invitations to pay homage to Jinarājasūri, successor of Jinasiṃhasūri as the head of the kharataragaccha.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Gururāja (गुरुराज) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Candrikāṭīkā, vedānta. Oppert. Ii, 79.
2) Gururāja (गुरुराज):—Vṛndāvanākhyāna stotra. Rice. 274.
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: Gururajagita.
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