𑀆𑀬𑀭𑀺𑀬

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya).

Noun

𑀆𑀬𑀭𑀺𑀬 (āyariya) m (Devanagari आयरिय, Gujarati આયરિય) (Ardhamāgadhī)

1. teacher, Acharya
   • Ṇamokāra :

     𑀡𑀫𑁄 𑀅𑀭𑀺𑀳𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀡𑀫𑁆
     𑀡𑀫𑁄 𑀲𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀸𑀡𑀫𑁆
     𑀡𑀫𑁄 𑀆𑀬𑀭𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀡𑀫𑁆
     𑀡𑀫𑁄 𑀉𑀯𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸𑀬𑀸𑀡𑀫𑁆
     𑀡𑀫𑁄 𑀮𑁄𑀏 𑀲𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀽𑀡𑀫𑁆

     ṇamo arihantāṇam
     ṇamo siddhāṇam
     ṇamo āyariyāṇam
     ṇamo uvajjhāyāṇam
     ṇamo loe savvasāhūṇam

     I bow to the Arihants,
     I bow to the Siddhas,
     I bow to the Acharyas,
     I bow to the Upādhyāyas,
     I bow to all sadhus in the world.

Further reading

More information

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “आयरिय”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 114.
• Maharaj, Ratnachandraji (1923-1938) “आयरिय”, in An Illustrated Ardha-Magadhi Dictionary, volume 2, Kesarichand Bhandari, page 67, column 1; republished Bungalow Road, Jawahar Nagar, Delhi 110007: Motilal Banarsidass, 1988
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āyariya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 48