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guru

teacher, expert, counsellor, spiritual guide or leader, often in Hindu, Jain, Buddhist or Sikh traditions
Occupation occupation Q484260
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Summary

guru is an occupation[1]. guru ranks in the top 9% of occupation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,886 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: religious concept[3], religious figure[4]
  • Subclass of: spiritual teacher[5], religious leader[6]
  • Part of: guru-shishya tradition[7]
  • Commons category: Gurus[8]
  • Said to be the same as: religious leader[9], Guru[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gurus[11]
  • Facet of: Buddhism[12], Hinduism[13]
  • Partially coincident with: spiritual teacher[14]
  • Different from: wellness guru[15]
  • Female form of label: gurú[16], gurujka[17]

Why It Matters

guru has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] guru is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Chinmoy Kumar Ghose Guru Amar Das Guru Angad Dev Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Guru Gobind Singh Guru Nanak Guru Tegh Bahadur Mata Amritanandamayi Osho Rambhadracharya Ram Dass Sai Baba of Shirdi Shyama Charan Lahiri spirituality

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · Stuartyeates · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Partially coincident with → spiritual teacher
    Different from → wellness guru
    Instance of → occupation, religious concept, religious figure
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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