गुरू-गोसाई gurū-gōsāī

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

How to read the transliteration

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

Gurū and gōsāī.

Usual translation

  1. gurus and holy men

Origin of the definition

गोसाई gōsāī (hindi)

'Lord of cows', a title of the supreme being.
A holy man, an ascetic; honorary title prefixed to personal names; title given to leaders of the Vallabhan community.
Name of a brāhmaṇ sub-community, descendants of Caitanya; a man of this sub-community.
Name of a particular community of yogīs.

गुरू gurū (hindi)

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

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Created
Saturday 15 July 2023
Updated
Thursday 20 February 2025