guruka (5792)

guruka
Entry 5792, Page 213, Col. 2

(guruka, guruka)
guruka¦, adj. (1) (= Skt. guru), serious, weighty: praṇidhānaṃ gurukaṃ SP 242.4 (prose); important (of persons), influential (?), rājño kumāresmiṃ guruko preṣya(ḥ), tena bhūyo-bhūyaḥ pṛcch(y)amānena ācikṣi- taṃ Mv ii.73.13 (prose; so read, with mss. except for parenthetized letters), there was an important servant of the king in the prince's presence; he, on being asked (by the prince) repeatedly, said… (Senart em. violently and needlessly); esp. at the end of Bhvr. cpds., LV 20.4, 5 (prose) yadā brāhmaṇa-guruko (and kṣatriya-gu°) loko bhavati, when brahmans (kṣatriyas) are dominant in the world; (2) (= Pali garuka) bent, intent on; eagerly desirous, covetous of, with gen. or in comp.; regularly of desires that are disapproved: lābha-guruko 'bhūt satkāra-guruko jñātra- (q.v.; so read with v.l. for jñāta-)-guruko SP 22.4 (prose); lābha-g°, satkāra-g° Mv i.89.12--13; jñātra-g° RP 34.4 (cf. SP 22.4 above); gurukaḥ Mvy 6773 = Tib. gduṅ ba, gdu ba, longing, lustful (esp. in bad sense); lābha-satkāra-śloka-g° RP 58.5; āmiṣa-g° RP 35.2; lokā- miṣa-g° Śikṣ 20.17; yācanaka-g° 145.2, eager for alms; upasthāna-g° 199.17 covetous of service; middha-guruko… kāyaguruko…sa tena middhagurukatvena…kāyakla- mathena samanvāgato na śrotukāmo bhaviṣyati AsP 245.9, similarly 13; also of desires which are approved, satya-g° Śikṣ 12.8; dharma-g° Śikṣ 323.1; dharmasamā- dāna-g°, saṃparāya-g° Bbh 7.1; samādhisaṃbhāra-g° Bbh 395.2; also pratisaṃlayana-(q.v.)-guruko.