Guruvritti, Guruvṛtti, Guru-vritti: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Guruvṛtti can be transliterated into English as Guruvrtti or Guruvritti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Guruvṛtti (गुरुवृत्ति).—f. the conduct of a pupil towards his preceptor; Rām.2.9.2.

Derivable forms: guruvṛttiḥ (गुरुवृत्तिः).

Guruvṛtti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms guru and vṛtti (वृत्ति).

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

Guruvṛtti (गुरुवृत्ति).—[feminine] the (right) conduct towards the teacher; para [adjective] behaving properly towards the teacher.

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

1) Guruvṛtti (गुरुवृत्ति):—[=guru-vṛtti] [from guru] mfn. long by nature (vowel), [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] f. behaviour towards one’s Guru, [Mahābhārata i, 706]

[Sanskrit to German]

Guruvritti 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.

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