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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
maharishi

Hindu sage or holy man, 1785, from Sanskrit, from maha "great," from PIE root *meg- "great" (see magnate) + rishi "inspired sage." In general use, a title for a popular spiritual leader.

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maharishi

n. A teacher of Hindu mysticism

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Maharishi

Maharishi is an anglicized spelling of the Sanskrit word Maharṣi महर्षि (formed from the prefix mahā- meaning "great" and r̥ṣi meaning "seer"). Maharishi is often used as an addition to a person's name as an honorary title. The term was first seen in modern English literature in the 18th century.

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It was you who were responsible for my conversion from a ruling kshatriya maharaja into a spiritual seeker, a rishi, then a maharishi, and eventually a brahmarishi.

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From time to time the Maharishi would organise day trips to Dehra Dun or other nearby towns in order that the meditators did not get too cut off from everyday reality, though usually they would make their own arrangements.

But the reader is also referred to the many books centering on other notable voices of Vedanta, such as Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Aurobindo, Ramana Maharishi, Paramahansa Yogananda, J.

Then he insisted on talking nearly the whole trip prattling on about various gurus, maharishis, and perfect masters he had known and served and chanted with in an effort to find not only peace of mind but the ultimate contemplative state.

The soporific homilies of its founder and spiritual leader, the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, can be seen on television in America.

On Friday nights, Bill and Dwight started going to see Charlie Lutes, an early cohort of the Maharishi and one of the first meditators in North America, in a small room over a recording studio on Santa Monica Boulevard.