Gurvartha, Guru-artha: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gurvartha (गुर्वर्थ).—a. important; सतीं व्यादाय शृण्वन्तो लघ्वीं गुर्वर्थगह्वराम् (satīṃ vyādāya śṛṇvanto laghvīṃ gurvarthagahvarām) Bhāgavata 3. 16.14.

-rthaḥ a preceptor's fee for instructing a pupil; गुर्वर्थमाहर्तुमहं यतिष्ये (gurvarthamāhartumahaṃ yatiṣye) R.5.17.

Gurvartha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms guru and artha (अर्थ).

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

Gurvartha (गुर्वर्थ).—[masculine] an important affair; also the teacher’s affair or fee; rtham [adverb] for the parents or the teacher.

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

1) Gurvartha (गुर्वर्थ):—[=gurv-artha] [from gurv > guru] mfn. one who seeks to provide a maintenance for his Guru, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra v, 21; Manu-smṛti xi, 1]

2) [v.s. ...] important, [Horace H. Wilson]

3) [v.s. ...] m. anything of importance, [Mahābhārata vi, 120, 1]

4) [v.s. ...] a Guru’s fee for instructing a pupil[, i, iii, xiv; Raghuvaṃśa v, 17; Agni-purāṇa iv, 9]

5) [v.s. ...] anything relating to one’s Guru, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra xxiii, 30; Mahābhārata i, [chapter] 3]

6) [v.s. ...] deep meaning, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa iii, 16, 14]

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

Gurvartha (गुर्वर्थ):—[(rthaḥ-rthā-rthaṃ) a.] Important.

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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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