Sanatana Dharma has held a high place for the preceptors, the seers who imparted knowledge and built a lineage of students. Whether living in recluse in forests or in cities or Gurukulas, shaping the future generations had always rested on the shoulders of Gurus and Acharyas. The difference between the different terms referring to preceptors are explained as follows in almost all texts namely the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas and the dharmashastras. | Sanatana Dharma has held a high place for the preceptors, the seers who imparted knowledge and built a lineage of students. Whether living in recluse in forests or in cities or Gurukulas, shaping the future generations had always rested on the shoulders of Gurus and Acharyas. The difference between the different terms referring to preceptors are explained as follows in almost all texts namely the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas and the dharmashastras. |