Swami

E105192

Hindu title honorific title religious title

Swami is a Hindu honorific title denoting a religious teacher or monk who has taken vows of renunciation and spiritual discipline.

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All labels observed (5)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu title ⓘ honorific title ⓘ religious title ⓘ
associatedWith	renunciation ⓘ spiritual discipline ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	monastic life ⓘ sannyasa ⓘ
commonInTradition	Advaita Vedanta ⓘ Ramakrishna Math ⓘ surface form: Ramakrishna Order Shaivism ⓘ Swaminarayan Sampradaya ⓘ Vaishnavism ⓘ
denotes	Hindu monk ⓘ religious teacher ⓘ
derivedFrom	Sanskrit word "svāmin" ⓘ
domain	religion ⓘ
hasGenderUsage	primarily male ⓘ
hasHonorificFunction	yes ⓘ
hasPluralForm	Swamis ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Sanskrit ⓘ
meaning	lord ⓘ master ⓘ owner ⓘ spiritual master ⓘ
relatedTitle	Jiva Goswami ⓘ surface form: Goswami Sadhu ⓘ Sannyasi ⓘ
requires	commitment to spiritual practice ⓘ vows of renunciation ⓘ
roleInCommunity	religious leadership ⓘ spiritual guidance ⓘ teaching scriptures ⓘ
subclassOf	religious honorific ⓘ spiritual title ⓘ
typicalVowsInclude	celibacy ⓘ obedience to monastic rules ⓘ poverty ⓘ
usedAs	title after a monastic name ⓘ title before a monastic name ⓘ
usedFor	Hindu renunciant ⓘ guru ⓘ male Hindu ascetic ⓘ spiritual teacher ⓘ
usedInCountry	India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ other South Asian countries ⓘ
usedInReligion	Hinduism ⓘ
wornWith	ochre robes ⓘ saffron robes ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swami Vivekananda → title → Swami ⓘ

Adi Shankaracharya → veneratedAs → Swami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jagadguru

Ronnie Govender → notableWork → Swami ⓘ

Jayatirtha → honorificTitle → Swami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tikacharya

Marichi → honorific → Swami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maharishi

Tulsidas → honorificPrefix → Swami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Goswami