The word Acharya connotes profound learning as well as a religious life, and it is a traditional term of respect for a religious leader or spiritual teacher.
- The word literally means "someone who understands or teaches about achara," the dharma literature's historically recognized method of living.
- It denotes the respect and social status given by the English term doctor as a title in contemporary Hindu society.
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