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This article is about the title. For the film, see Maharshi (film).

Maharishi (noun, mah-huh-ree-shee) is the anglicized version of the Sanskrit word Maharshi महर्षि (mahā meaning "great" and ṛṣi 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 .

Description and usage

Maharishi may refer to a Hindu guru or "spiritual teacher" of "mystical knowledge". Additional meanings cited by dictionaries include: sage, poet, spiritual leader, wise man and holy man.

Alternate meanings describe Maharishi as a collective name that refers to the seven rishis or saptarishis (including Maharishi Bhrigu) cited in the scriptures of Rig Veda and the Puranas or any of the several mythological seers that are referenced in Vedic writings and associated with the seven stars of the constellation Ursa Major.

Maharishi may refer to any individual who has added the title to their name. According to Brewers Dictionaary, outside of India, the most well known Maharishi was Maharishi Mahesh Yogi who founded the Transcendental Meditation and made it available to the West.

Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) was an "Indian sage" with a philosophy about the path to self-knowledge and the integration of personality espoused in books by author Paul Brunton and Ramana's own writings such as the Collected Works (1969) and Forty Verses on Reality (1978).

The title was also used by Maharishi Valmiki, Maharishi Patanjali and Maharishi Dayananda Sarasvati.

Maharishi is also the name of a clothing company founded in London in 1994.

History

Maharishi has it origin in the Sanskrit term, Maharshi, which originates in the Veda literature called Manusmriti (1.34) and states that ten maharshis were created by Manu Svayambhuva, viz. Marici, Atri, Angiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Pracetas, Vasishtha, Bhrigu, Narada, also called the ten Prajapatis; while other sources restrict the number of maharshis to seven. The title Maharshi first appears in the Sanskrit Epics.

The term Maharishi became popular in modern English literature "sometime before 1890" and was first used in 1758.


See also


References

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  16. [http://www.maharishistore.com/maharishi-history/ History of Maharishi (clothing)
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