teacher (almost syn. with upajjhāya) Vin.i.60, Vin.i.61, Vin.i.119 (˚upajjhāya); Vin.ii.231; Vin.iv.130 (gaṇo vā ācariyo a meeting of the bhikkhus or a single teacher cp. f. ācarinī); DN.i.103, DN.i.116 (gaṇ˚), DN.i.238 (sattamâcariyamahāyuga seventh age of great teachers); DN.iii.189 sq.; MN.iii.115; SN.i.68 (gaṇ˚), SN.i.177; SN.iv.176 (yogg˚); AN.i.132 (pubb˚); Snp.595; Mnd.350 (upajjhāya vā āc˚); Ja.ii.100 Ja.ii.411; Ja.iv.91; Ja.v.501; Pv.iv.3#23, Pv.iv.3#51 (= ācāra-samācāra-sikkhāpaka Pv-a.252); Mil.201, Mil.262 (master goldsmith?) Vism.99 sq.; Kp-a.12, Kp-a.155; Snp-a.422; Vv-a.138. For contracted form of ācariya see ācera.

• -kula the clan of the teacher AN.ii.112.
• -dhana a teacher’s fee SN.i.177; AN.v.347.
• -pācariya teacher upon teacher, lit. “teacher & teacher’s teacher” (see ā¹ 3^b DN.i.94, DN.i.114, DN.i.115, DN.i.238; SN.iv.306, SN.iv.308; DN-a.i.286; Snp-a.452 (= ācariyo c’eva ācariya-ācariyo ca).
• -bhariyā the teacher’s fee Ja.v.457; Ja.vi.178; Dhp-a.i.253.
• -muṭṭhi “the teacher’s fist” i.e. close-fistedness in teaching, keeping things back, DN.ii.100; SN.v.153; Ja.ii.221, Ja.ii.250; Mil.144; Snp-a.180, Snp-a.368.
• -vaṃsa the line of the teachers Mil.148
• -vatta serving the teacher, service to the t. Dhp-a.i.92
• -vāda traditional teaching; later as heterodox teaching sectarian teaching (opp. theravāda orthodox doctrine) Mil.148; Dpvs.v.30; Mhbv.96.

fr. ā + car