Acharya (surname) explained

Acharya (Hindi: आचार्य) (Nepali: आचार्य/आचार्ज) (Bengali: আচার্য) (Odia : ଆଚାର୍ଯ୍ୟ) is a surname mainly found in the South Asian countries of India, Bangladesh and Nepal.

Acharya आचार्य
Pronunciation:	Ācārya
Language:	Nepali, Doteli, Kumaoni, Bengali, Hindi, Odia, Marathi
Language origin:	Sanskrit
Meaning:	Teacher^[1]
Variant:	Achari, Acharia, Acharjee, Acharja
See also:	Vishwakarma, Pandey

Notable people

• Dronacharya, archer and guru of pandavas and kauravas
• Kripacharya, warrior, council member of Kuru Kingdom
• Adishankaracharya, founder of Advaita vedanta
• Baburam Acharya (1888–1971), Nepalese historian and writer
• Bhakta Raj Acharya, Nepalese singer
• Bhanubhakta Acharya, Nepalese poet, originator of Nepalese poetic trend
• Tanka Prasad Acharya, former Prime Minister of Nepal
• Bhim Acharya, Nepalese politician
• Binayak Acharya, former Chief Minister of Odissa, India
• Bodhraj Acharya, Nepalese scientist
• Dilaram Acharya, Nepalese politician
• Dilliram Sharma Acharya, Bhutanese-Nepalese poet
• Drona Prasad Acharya, Nepalese politician
• Ganesh Acharya, Indian choreographer
• Gyan Chandra Acharya, Nepalese diplomat
• Hari Bansha Acharya, Nepalese comedian and actor
• Jagannath Acharya, Nepalese freedom fighter, and former cabinet minister
• Lekh Nath Acharya, Nepalese politician
• M. P. T. Acharya, Indian politician and co-founder of the Communist Party of India
• Mahesh Acharya, Nepalese politician and former cabinet minister
• Narahari Acharya, Nepalese politician and former cabinet minister
• Padmapani Acharya (1969–1999), Indian Army officer
• Pramod Acharya, Nepalese Advocate and Member of anti-corruption movement.
• Prasanna Acharya, Indian politician
• Sandeep Acharya, Indian singer, Indian idol of season 2
• Satya - Swaroop Raj Acharya, Nepalese singers
• Shailaja Acharya, former Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
• Srikanta Acharya, Indian singer, songwriter and music director
• Surya Raj Acharya, Nepali politician, professor, development expert and author
• Suryakant Acharya, Indian politician
• Tanka Prasad Acharya, former Prime Minister of Nepal
• Triveni Acharya, Indian journalist
• V. S. Acharya, Indian politician from Karnataka
• Vijay Krishna Acharya, Indian film director, scriptwriter
• Viral Acharya, Indian economist

Notes and References

1. Book: Platts, John T. . A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English . W. H. Allen & Co. . London . 1884 . https://archive.today/20120707142932/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.0:1:1246.platts . dead . July 7, 2012 .