[Buddha-l] Pali for Teacher

[L.S. Cousins]

Chris Ward asks:

>Acariya is mentioned in some forest sangha sources as pali for  'teacher'
>and seems to be linked with 'achan' and 'ajahn', honorifics for longer term
>monastics. However, acariya is not in the pali- English dictionary (Rhys
>Davids and Stede). If acariya does not mean teacher, what pali word does?

It does indeed mean teacher. It begins with a long 'a' and you will 
find it there in the dictionaries. 'Achan' and 'ajahn' aare two 
different romanizations of the same Thai word. I think it is derived 
from the Pali aacariya or Sanskrit aacaarya.

Lance Cousins