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This page includes a list of honorifics used in [[Ananda Marga]] or the [[Margis]].
This article includes a list of honorifics used in [[Ananda Marga]] or the [[Margis]].


== Acarya ==
== Acarya ==
{{Main article|Acarya}}
[[File:Ac Vishvadevananda Avt.png|thumb|Image of '''Acarya''' Vishvadevananda Avadhuta]]
[[File:Ac Vishvadevananda Avt.png|thumb|Image of '''Acarya''' Vishvadevananda Avadhuta]]
''Ácárya'' means teacher, especially spiritual teacher. Ácárya for a male teacher, ácáryá for a female teacher. It is an honorific used to refer to teachers. The literal meaning of the word "ácárya" is "one who teaches by his own conduct"<ref>"Ácarańát pát́hayati iti ácáryah"</ref>
''Ácárya'' means teacher, especially spiritual teacher. Ácárya for a male teacher, ácáryá for a female teacher. It is an honorific used to refer to teachers. The literal meaning of the word "ácárya" is "one who teaches by his own conduct"<ref>"Ácarańát pát́hayati iti ácáryah"</ref>
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== Baba ==
== Baba ==
The word "Baba" means "father" and is used to refer only [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]].
 
The word "Baba" means "father" and is used to refer only [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]].<ref name="Low2011">{{cite book|author=Marsha Goluboff Low|title=The Orange Robe: My Eighteen Years as a Yogic Nun|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GKvXzG2HWZsC&pg=PA6|date=14 June 2011|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-1-4502-3012-4|pages=6–}}</ref>


== Dada ==
== Dada ==
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== Sri Sri ==
== Sri Sri ==
The honorific Sri Sri is also used for Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar.
The honorific Sri Sri is also used to refer only Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar.


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 11:39, 23 August 2014

This article includes a list of honorifics used in Ananda Marga or the Margis.

Acarya

Main article: Acarya
Image of Acarya Vishvadevananda Avadhuta

Ácárya means teacher, especially spiritual teacher. Ácárya for a male teacher, ácáryá for a female teacher. It is an honorific used to refer to teachers. The literal meaning of the word "ácárya" is "one who teaches by his own conduct"[1]

The word ácára means conduct.

Baba

The word "Baba" means "father" and is used to refer only Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar.[2]

Dada

Dada is an honorific used to refer to monks. The literal meaning of the word "dada" is "brother" or "elder brother".

Didi

Didi is an honorific used to refer to nuns. The literal meaning of the word "didi" is "sister" or "elder sister".

Sri Sri

The honorific Sri Sri is also used to refer only Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar.

References

  1. ^ "Ácarańát pát́hayati iti ácáryah"
  2. ^ Marsha Goluboff Low (14 June 2011) The Orange Robe: My Eighteen Years as a Yogic Nun iUniverse pp. 6– ISBN 978-1-4502-3012-4