maharishi
Americannoun
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a teacher of spiritual and mystical knowledge; religious sage: often used as an honorary title.
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any of the seven great mythological seers of the Vedic and post-Vedic writings: identified with the seven stars of Ursa Major.
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Etymology
Origin of maharishi
< Sanskrit maharṣi, equivalent to maha- great + -rṣi, combining form of ṛṣi saint
Example Sentences
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Mr. Chodan said he saw the maharishi speak at a Beach Boys concert at Iona College, after Mike Love, the Beach Boys singer, let Mr. Chodan in the back door.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2013
Mr. Chodan, who has two grown children, said he began teaching yoga and transcendental meditation and studied with the maharishi in Kashmir and Switzerland.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2013
More important, immediately after last season, he de-liberalized the offense by replacing coordinator Mike Martz, a high-stakes passing maharishi, with Mike Tice, a meat-and-potatoes offensive line coach.
From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2012
There is also a one-month mandatory course in TM and an introduction to SCI, which the maharishi describes as a general philosophy emphasizing "the infinite, unbounded nature of intelligence."
From Time Magazine Archive
Kate Winslet comes on as a dull yet impressionable girl seeking spiritual redemption in the ashram of a slightly suspect Indian maharishi.
From Time Magazine Archive
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