English Explanatory Dictionary

shishya

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In Indian traditions: a disciple who receives spiritual knowledge from a guru.

Word forms

shishya shishyas

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi शिष्य (śiṣya, “disciple, student”), from Sanskrit शिष्य (śiṣya), from Sanskrit शास् (śās, “to teach, instruct”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁s- (“to teach, to indicate”).

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