Shishya
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Shishya is a noun meaning In Indian traditions: a disciple who receives spiritual knowledge from a guru.
Meaning
In Indian traditions: a disciple who receives spiritual knowledge from a guru.
Example Sentences
That winter night, everybody was drinking rum that we, the visiting party, had brought with us from Calcutta. One of the Babaji's young shishyas had got into a close and personal tangle with the liquor, drinking faster than everybody else, and the old guru was admonishing him about overdoing the Old Monk before sending him off to bed.
Word Forms
- shishyas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include guru, tantrist, jnana, disciple, bhakti, murid.
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