Crossword clues for swami
swami
- A mystic originally found in south west India?
- Holy man's morning in Westminster?
- Hindu male religious teacher
- Hindu instructor moved through water against current
- Did butterfly, perhaps, lead to illumination for mystic?
- Took to the water with independent teacher
- Teacher bathed one
- Hindu title
- Hindu honorific
- Wise teacher
- Hindu sage
- Learned one
- All-knowing one
- Hindu guru
- Hindu religious teacher
- Eastern guru
- Turbaned teacher
- Wise fellow
- Hindu religious instructor
- Mumbai master
- Teacher of a sort
- Sage in a turban
- Religious teacher
- Hindu wise man
- Word from the Hindi for "master"
- Wise Hindu
- Turbaned one
- Turbaned mystic
- Teacher wearing a turban
- Seer in a turban
- Sanskrit for "master"
- Mystical wise one
- Mystic in a turban
- Indian wise guy
- Indian guru
- Hindu mentor
- Hindu lord
- Hindi word for "master"
- Guy in a turban, maybe
- Guru of India
- A guru for some
- Pundit
- Hindu honcho
- Master
- Eastern mystic
- Teacher in a turban
- Wise man in a turban
- Guru's relative
- Hindu teacher
- Wise guy?
- Honored Hindu
- Turbaned sage
- Recipient of many questions
- Person with answers
- Mystical wise guy
- All-wise one
- Hindu master
- Turban wearer, maybe
- Hindu wise one
- Johnny Carson persona
- Beturbaned seer
- Person often pictured with crossed legs
- Studier of sutras
- Know-it-all?
- Turbaned type
- All-knowing sort
- Hindu mystic
- A Hindu religious teacher
- Used as a title of respect
- Teacher of a kind
- Wise man in a truban
- Hindu holy man
- Punjab pundit
- Hindu pundit
- Seer of a sort
- Hindu ascetic
- Got into deep water with one religious teacher
- Male teacher has son with friend
- Felt dizzy, supported by one religious advisor
- How to address Hindu dignitary in the morning in Westminster?
- Religious teacher grew dizzy on island
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1773, "Hindu idol," later, "Hindu religious teacher" (1901), from Hindi swami "master" (used as a term of address to a Brahmin), from Sanskrit svamin "lord, prince, master, (one's own) master," from sva-s "one's own" (from PIE *s(u)w-o- "one's own," from root *s(w)e-; see idiom) + amah "pressure, vehemence."
Wiktionary
n. A Hindu religious teacher.
WordNet
n. a Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect
[also: swamies (pl)]
Wikipedia
A swami ( svāmī ) sometimes abbreviated “sw.” is an ascetic or yogi who has been initiated into the religious monastic order founded by some religious teacher. It is believed to be originally used for the ones who were initiated into to the Advaita Vedanta movement started by Adi Shankara. The usage of this word is not just for a yogi but also used for a religious guru, with or without disciples.
The Oxford English Dictionary gives the etymology as
In the Bengali language, the word (pronounced ), while carrying its original meaning, has a dual meaning of “ husband”. The word also means “husband” in the Malay language, where it is spelled “Suami”. Swami also means husband in the Khmer language and in the Odiya language.
Swami are a British Indian bhangra/ Asian Underground band from Birmingham, England. "Swami" is also the pseudonym of the band's leader Diamond Duggal (aka DJ Swami), who founded the band with his brother Simon Duggal. The band has made it clear through interviews that Swami is a band in the traditional sense, and not a looser collective.
Swami is a Hindu honorific title.
Swami may also refer to:
- Swami Records, a record label
- Swami (band), a United Kingdom band
- Swami, a software used for editing SoundFont files
Swami is a 1977 Hindi film directed by Basu Chatterjee and produced by Jaya Chakravarty (mother of Hema Malini).
The film stars Shabana Azmi, Vikram, Girish Karnad, Utpal Dutt. Hema Malini and Dharmendra make a guest appearance together in the film. The film's music is by Rajesh Roshan.
Swami is a 2007 Indian Hindi drama film, directed and also choreographed by Ganesh Acharya and Screenplay Muazzam Beg. The main cast consists of Juhi Chawla and Manoj Bajpai. In a first of its kind attempt, the background music score of Swami was recorded before shooting the film. The music of this film is by Nitz 'N' Sony. They are the First Music Composers in the history of World Cinema, to have recorded the Background Music Score of a Movie, even before the film was shot. Also, they are the first one's to have recorded a Folk Ganpati Mandal (The Best in Maharashtra), live in 5.1 channels, overnight in an open-air makeshift studio, constructed specifically in an open ground in Film City Mumbai; for the movie Swami. This is the only 5.1 recording of a Folk Ganpati Mandal ever done. The Music of the film has been incorporated in a U.S film school curriculam as well, while drawing immense critical acclaim from music critiques worldwide.
Swami or 'स्वामी' is the award winning Marathi novel by famous writer Ranjit Desai. It was published in 1962 and for this extraordinary work, Ranjit Desai received many awards including the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1964. It is set in Maharashtra, India, during the regime of fourth Peshwa Madhavrao. It is a very sensitive and touching portrayal of Madhavrao’s life and his relationship with his wife Ramabai. It was later adapted to Marathi serial with the same name in 1987.
Category:1962 novels Category:20th-century Indian novels Category:Marathi literature Category:Novels set in Maharashtra Category:Marathi novels
Usage examples of "swami".
A writer in some strange way knows his own future - his end is in his beginning, as it is in the pages of a horoscope, and the schoolboy Swami, watching the friend with whom he had needlessly quarrelled, vanish into the vast unknown spaces of India, had already experienced a little of what Krishna came to feel as he watched his beloved wife die of typhoid.
Charlotte was the fact that sannyasin Swami Prem Prasad was with Hanya at the airport.
Quickie was bringing someone to see Sheff Hassell, probably Swami Benares!
As for Caglio, you probably picked him as Sheff Hassell chose Swami Benares - because you had looked into his record.
On 9 January 1983, she divorced him in Portland, Oregon, and a week later married an American sannyasin, Swami Prartha Subhan.
Our Hermy attended as Psyche -- She siked and she got it across And Fothergil Finch, rather gaumy With Cosmic cosmetics, was there, But the Swami went just as the Swami, After oiling the kinks in his hair.
Brainstorm Slum Fake, Nut and Freak Psychologist Eternally shall buzz and hum, And Spook and Swami keep their tryst with Thinkers in a Mental Mist.
It is stated that his patriotism got the religious colour by his contact with one Swami Hamsa.
Gurus, swamis, psychics, Tarot-card readers, acupuncturists, herbalists to movie stars, channelers, aura interpreters, palm readers, chaos-theory dice counselors, past-life guides, high-colonic therapists, and other specialists offered their services in heartening numbers.
Besides the Gilberts were Dudley Lawton and his father, Hata, the Pandit, the Swami, and the Guru - the latter four persons in high dudgeon at being deprived of the lucrative profits of a Sunday night.
At last, continued the Swami, the swaying and the suggestion of chanting ceased, the lambent nimbuses around the now drooping and motionless heads faded, while the cloaked shapes slumped curiously on their pedestals.