आचार्यदेव

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আচাৰ্যদেৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬘᬵᬃᬬᬤᬾᬯ (Balinese script)
• আচার্যদেব (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰓𑰯𑰨𑰿𑰧𑰟𑰸𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀘𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀬𑀤𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• အာစာရျဒေဝ (Burmese script)
• આચાર્યદેવ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਚਾਰ੍ਯਦੇਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌚𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌦𑍇𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦕꦴꦫꦾꦢꦺꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂒𑂰𑂩𑂹𑂨𑂠𑂵𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಚಾರ್ಯದೇವ (Kannada script)
• អាចាយ៌ទេវ (Khmer script)
• ອາຈາຣ຺ຍເທວ (Lao script)
• ആചാര്യദേവ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢜᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠶᠠᡩᡝᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘓𑘰𑘨𑘿𑘧𑘟𑘹𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢋᠠᢗᠷᠶ᠋ᠠᢑᠧᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦳𑧑𑧈𑧠𑧇𑦿𑧚𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐔𑐵𑐬𑑂𑐫𑐡𑐾𑐰 (Newa script)
• ଆଚାର୍ଯଦେଵ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢗꢵꢬ꣄ꢫꢣꢾꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆖𑆳𑆫𑇀𑆪𑆢𑆼𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖓𑖯𑖨𑖿𑖧𑖟𑖸𑖪 (Siddham script)
• ආචාර්‍යදෙව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩡𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩻𑩭𑩔𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚏𑚭𑚤𑚶𑚣𑚛𑚲𑚦 (Takri script)
• ஆசார்யதே³வ (Tamil script)
• ఆచార్యదేవ (Telugu script)
• อาจารฺยเทว (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཙཱ་རྱ་དེ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒔𑒰𑒩𑓂𑒨𑒠𑒹𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨣𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨪𑨛𑨄𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Bahuvrīhi compound of आचार्य (ācāryà, “teacher”) +‎ देव (devá, “deva”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.t͡ɕɑːɾ.jɐ.dɐj.ʋɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.t͡ɕɑːɾ.jɐˈd̪eː.ʋɐ/

Noun

आचार्यदेव • (ācāryadeva) stem, m

1. someone who treats a teacher as equivalent to a deva; someone for whom a teacher should be honoured, respected, worshipped, and served as a god
   • c. 600 BCE, Taittirīya Upaniṣad 1.11.2:

     मातृदेवो भव । पितृदेवो भव । आचार्यदेवो भव । अतिथिदेवो भव । यान्यनवद्यानि कर्माणि तानि सेवितव्यानि । नो इतराणि। यान्यस्माकं सुचरितानि तानि त्वयोपास्यानि । नो इतराणि ॥

     mātṛdevo bhava. pitṛdevo bhava. ācāryadevo bhava. atithidevo bhava. yānyanavadyāni karmāṇi tāni sevitavyāni. no itarāṇi. yānyasmākaṃ sucaritāni tāni tvayopāsyāni. no itarāṇi.

     Be a mātṛdeva. Be a pitṛdeva. Be an ācāryadeva. Be an atithideva. Nothing but faultless deeds are to be practised. Nothing but good conduct and virtuous actions are to be worshipped and honoured by you.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आचार्यदेव (ācāryadeva)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आचार्यदेवः ācāryadevaḥ	आचार्यदेवौ / आचार्यदेवा¹ ācāryadevau / ācāryadevā¹	आचार्यदेवाः / आचार्यदेवासः¹ ācāryadevāḥ / ācāryadevāsaḥ¹
Vocative	आचार्यदेव ācāryadeva	आचार्यदेवौ / आचार्यदेवा¹ ācāryadevau / ācāryadevā¹	आचार्यदेवाः / आचार्यदेवासः¹ ācāryadevāḥ / ācāryadevāsaḥ¹
Accusative	आचार्यदेवम् ācāryadevam	आचार्यदेवौ / आचार्यदेवा¹ ācāryadevau / ācāryadevā¹	आचार्यदेवान् ācāryadevān
Instrumental	आचार्यदेवेन ācāryadevena	आचार्यदेवाभ्याम् ācāryadevābhyām	आचार्यदेवैः / आचार्यदेवेभिः¹ ācāryadevaiḥ / ācāryadevebhiḥ¹
Dative	आचार्यदेवाय ācāryadevāya	आचार्यदेवाभ्याम् ācāryadevābhyām	आचार्यदेवेभ्यः ācāryadevebhyaḥ
Ablative	आचार्यदेवात् ācāryadevāt	आचार्यदेवाभ्याम् ācāryadevābhyām	आचार्यदेवेभ्यः ācāryadevebhyaḥ
Genitive	आचार्यदेवस्य ācāryadevasya	आचार्यदेवयोः ācāryadevayoḥ	आचार्यदेवानाम् ācāryadevānām
Locative	आचार्यदेवे ācāryadeve	आचार्यदेवयोः ācāryadevayoḥ	आचार्यदेवेषु ācāryadeveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आचार्यदेव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 131.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “आचार्यः-देवः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 317