गुरू-भाई gurū-bhāī

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

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This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Brother having the same gurū: a fellow disciple, a fellow student.
(Bābā) A teacher (usually a sister) who reads the murlī in a center and allows others to imbibe it. Although a disciple of the true Gurū God, she plays the role of gurū without really being one because she takes on the features (more or less) of the true gurū.

Usual translation

  1. guru-bhai
  2. disciple trained to take the seat of the guru

Origin of the definition

भाई bhāī (hindi)

Brother.

गुरू gurū (hindi)

A teacher, mentor, preceptor, spiritual guide.
Jupiter, the Preceptor of the gods.
(Bābā) A spiritual guide to achieve liberation.

गुरू gurū guru (nm) a teacher; mentor; preceptor, spiritual guide; jupiter, (ironically) a knave fellow; (a) grave; heavy; difficult; long (syllable); ~कुल in olden times in India, a residential teaching institution, run by an outstanding scholar; ~ग्रन्थ साहब the sacred book of the Sikhs; ~घंटाल knave and cunning (fellow); ~जन elderly people; ~दक्षिणा the fee or honorarium voluntarily paid by the disciple to his preceptor at the conclusion of his studies; ~भाई brother by virtue of preceptorial affinity, a fellow disciple; ~मंत्र an initiatory mantr from a spiritual guide.

गुरूभाई. Fellow student; Disciples of same Guru.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

6 occurrences

In 3 on 2386 murlis

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Avyakts

25 occurrences

In 14 on 1112 murlis

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Created
Sunday 13 October 2024
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Sunday 13 October 2024