Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
m. (i), a teacher, preceptor (who subsists by teaching a part of the Veda veda or Veda1n3gas vedANga s, grammar &c; he is distinguished from the A1ca1rya ācārya q.v.) Mn. iv, 141, &c; Ya1jn5. i, 35; MBh.; S3ak. &c 213,3 36692 f (A or I) a female teacher Ka1ty. on Pa1n2. 3-13, 21 213,3 36693 f. the wife of a teacher Ka1ty. on Pa1n2. 4-1, 49. 025283 213,3 36694 n. N. of a grammar (frequently referred to by the Comm....