Sorry. I find just now a pali website with pali language lessons where the
term "garu" is showed with his declensions.



Paali Primer

Lesson 27

1. Declension of masculine nouns ending in -u

garu = teacher

Singular Plural Nom. garu garuu, garavo Voc. garu garuu, garavo Acc. garu.m
garuu, garavo Ins. garunaa garuuhi (garuubhi) Abl. garunaa garuuhi
(garuubhi) Dat. garuno, garussa garuuna.m Gen. garuno, garussa garuuna.m
Loc. garumhi, garusmi.m garuusu

The link: http://www.tipitaka.net/pali/synthesis/primer.27.cdv



So if this word "garu" meaning a teacher (probably same as the Sanskrit
guru) is included in a pali lessons website with many declension I found
hard to believe that this word is unexistent in the pali canon.

Now I got confused.



Best, Gabriel.



From: Pali@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Pali@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ong
Yong Peng
Sent: 18 August 2007 17:52
To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Pali] Re: Yogavacaro



Dear Gabriel and friends,

please allow me to correct myself. I have got 'lama' mixed up with
another term. The term 'lama' is Tibetan, which literally means
wisdom, so a 'lama' is a 'wise man'. It is a respectful address to
both monks and laymen in the Tibetan culture. So, a Tibetan lama is
not necessarily a bhikkhu.

metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Pali%40yahoogroups.com> , Ong Yong Peng
wrote:

I do not know if 'lama' in Tibetan literature is translated from
'guru'. I do know 'lama' is a word with Mongolian origins.





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