adi-guru
आदिगुरु ādi-guruThe first or primordial teacher, at the head of every lineage of transmission. Dakshinamurti, Shiva as the silent guru, is honoured as the adi-guru of the knowledge traditions; the Advaita lineages trace their descent of teachers back through named human masters to this form, and beyond it to Shiva.
Where this term appears
- Dakshinamurti: Shiva as the silent guru Deities
He is the adi-guru , the first teacher, the one at the head of every line of transmission.