Name #209 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma
ಗುರುಃ Guru — meaning in Kannada
Guru (guruḥ) is name #209 of the 1000 names of Vishnu. Below is its meaning in Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ), the shloka it comes from in Kannada, and the English meaning — from the full name page.
ಗುರು
In English: The teacher
From shloka 23 · chapter Varāha
ಗುರುರ್ಗುರುತಮೋ ಧಾಮ ಸತ್ಯಃ ಸತ್ಯಪರಾಕ್ರಮಃ
ನಿಮಿಷೋಽನಿಮಿಷಃ ಸ್ರಗ್ವೀ ವಾಚಸ್ಪತಿರುದಾರಧೀಃ
Also in this shloka: gurutamaḥ · dhāma · satyaḥ · satyaparākramaḥ · nimiṣaḥ · animiṣaḥ · sragvī · vācaspatirudāradhīḥ
Guru in other languages: Hindi · Telugu · Tamil · Malayalam · Bengali · Gujarati · English
Read the complete Vishnu Sahasranamam in Kannada — dhyānam, all 108 shlokas, and phalaśruti.