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guruhood

guruhood noun: the state or condition of a guru.

Noun (1)

guruhood (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of a guru
    • According to Agehananda Bharati, the famous Tantric scholar, diksha forms the essence of guruhood: The notion of diksha provides us, as a semantic by-product so to speak, with a definition of a guru —[...]1992, Catherine Cornille, The Guru in Indian Catholicism
    • Model Gurus of Indian Tradition: From the time of Brihaspati and Dakshinamurti we have had ancient models of Guruhood in India.2000, Bidyutlatā Rāẏa, Facets of Vedic studies

Noun (2) capitalized: Guruhood

Guruhood (uncountable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of guruhood.

Forms of guruhood

alternative formGuruhood

Origin of guruhood

From guru + -hood.

Questions about guruhood

What does guruhood mean?
Guruhood means the state or condition of a guru.
What part of speech is guruhood?
Guruhood is a noun.

Words near guruhood in the dictionary

  1. gurudoms
  2. gurudwara
  3. gurudwaras
  4. gurued
  5. Gurugram
  6. guruhood
  7. guruing
  8. guruish
  9. guruism
  10. guruisms
  11. guruji

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