guru-shishya
गुरुशिष्य guru-śiṣyaThe teacher-disciple relationship, the heart of every sampradaya, through which teaching is transmitted in person, usually sealed by initiation (diksha).
Where this term appears
- What is a Guru? Lineages
This is the seed of the whole guru-shishya relationship, the bond of teacher and student that later traditions would ritualise into initiation and lifelong obedience.
- What is a Sampradaya? Philosophy
A *sampradaya* is a living tradition handed down: a lineage of teaching and practice transmitted through an unbroken succession (*parampara*) of teacher and…
- How the Vedas Were Preserved History
It ran on people, and on a discipline of transmission the tradition calls guru-shishya parampara — the unbroken succession from teacher to student.