guru

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[apte] a. (ru-rvī) f. [gṝ-ku ucca Uṇ. 1. 24.] compar. garīyas; superl. gariṣṭha 1 Heavy, weighty (opp. laghu); (fig. also); tena dhūrjagato gurvī saciveṣu nici- [Page0463-b+ 57] kṣipe R. 1. 34; 3. 35; 12. 102; Rs. 1. 7. --2 Great, large, long, ex- tended. --3 Long (in duration or length); āraṃbhagurvī Bh. 2. 60; guruṣu divaseṣveṣu gacchatsu Me. 83. --4 Impor- tant, momentous, great; vibhavaguru- bhiḥ kṛtyaiḥ Ś. 4. 18;...

[mw] mf (vI) n. (cf. gir/i; comp. g/arīyas, once yas-tara, guru-tara, superl. gariṣṭha, gurutama, see ss.vv.) heavy, weighty (opposed to lagh/u) RV. i, 39, 3 and iv, 5, 6; AV. &c (g. śauṇḍādi Gan2ar. 101) 359,2 65987 mf (vI) n. heavy in the stomach (food), difficult to digest MBh. i, 3334; Sus3r. 359,2 65988 mf (vI) n. great, large, extended, long Ya1jn5. (See -kratu) Bhartr2. &c 359,2 65989 mf (vI) n. (in prosody) long...

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a. (ru-rvī) f. [gṝ-ku ucca Uṇ. 1. 24.] compar. garīyas; superl. gariṣṭha 1 Heavy, weighty (opp. laghu); (fig. also); tena dhūrjagato gurvī saciveṣu nici- [Page0463-b+ 57] kṣipe R....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

3,712

Texts Appeared In

153

DCS: discernible; observable by the eye | Monier-Williams: guru [ cf. βαρύς ; Lat. gravis ; Goth. kauriths ; Lith. giéras .]

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 800 21.6%
2. Suśrutasaṃhitā 231 6.2%
3. Haribhaktivilāsa 176 4.7%
4. Carakasaṃhitā 172 4.6%
5. Tantrāloka 150 4.0%

Concordance (Sample)

• Manusmṛti surface: gurāv

  gṛhe gurāv araṇye vā nivasann ātmavān dvijaḥ

• Manusmṛti surface: guroḥ

  guroḥ pretasya śiṣyas tu pitṛmedhaṃ samācaran

• Manusmṛti surface: gurau

  aśrotriye tv ahaḥ kṛtsnam anūcāne tathā gurau