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'''Vishvaguru''' ({{Langx|sa|विश्वगुरु|translit=Viśvaguru}}) or '''Vishwaguru''' is a [[Sanskrit]] phrase and idea which translates to world or global teacher,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |agency=PTI|date=2021-03-09|title=NEP will once again make India 'Vishwa Guru': Pokhriyal|url=https://www.livemint.com/education/nep-will-once-again-make-india-vishwa-guru-pokhriyal-11615311036086.html|access-date=2021-11-26|work=Livemint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lahiri|first=Swaroopa|date=2017-05-14|title=Soft Power - A Major Tool in Modi's Foreign Policy Kit|url=https://journals.esciencepress.net/index.php/JSAS/article/view/1952|journal=Journal of South Asian Studies|language=en|volume=5|issue=1|pages=39–47|issn=2307-4000}}</ref> world [[guru]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hall|first=Ian|date=2017-01-01|title=Narendra Modi and India's normative power|journal=International Affairs|volume=93|issue=1|pages=113–131|doi=10.1093/ia/iiw004|issn=0020-5850}}</ref> tutors of the world,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Noorani|first=A.G.|author-link=A. G. Noorani|date=15 February 2021|title=What the RSS as 'Vishwaguru' Means for India and the World|url=https://thewire.in/politics/rss-vishwaguru-india-world-hindutva|access-date=2021-11-26|website=The Wire}}</ref> world leader,<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |agency=[[IANS]]|date=2021-11-22|title=India is rising to become 'Vishwa Guru': RSS chief|url=https://english.lokmat.com/politics/india-is-rising-to-become-vishwa-guru-rss-chief/|access-date=2021-11-26|newspaper=[[Lokmat]] English}}</ref> or teacher to the world or universe.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=PTI|date=2021-09-05|title=Time has come for India to emerge as knowledge hub, become 'vishwa guru' again: Vice President|language=en-IN|newspaper=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/time-has-come-for-india-to-emerge-as-knowledge-hub-become-vishwa-guru-again-vice-prez/article36303157.ece|access-date=2021-11-26|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>{{Efn|[[Vishva Hindu Parishad|Vishwa Hindu Parishad]] is translated as ''Universal Hindu Council''}}<br />
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== Translation ==<br />
{{Transliteration|sa|ISO|Viśvaguru }} ({{langx|sa|विश्व गुरु}}) consists of two words: {{Transliteration|sa|ISO|[[Vishnu|vishva]]}} ({{Translation|'to pervade'|'universe'}}) and {{Transliteration|sa|ISO|[[guru]]}} ({{Translation|'teacher'|literal=yes}}).<br />
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== Contemporary references ==<br />
In 1999, [[Rajendra Singh (RSS)|Rajendra Singh]], the fourth [[List of Sarsanghchalaks of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|Sarsanghchalak]], or leader, of the [[Hindu nationalism|Hindu nationalist]] volunteer organisation, [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS), wrote "people have to forego and limit their personal pleasure and work for the realisation of the dream of making [[Bharat (term)|Bharat]] the ''Vishwaguru'' again. Great men such as [[Swami Vivekananda]], [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar|Savarkar]], Dr. [[K. B. Hedgewar|Hedgewar]], [[Subhas Chandra Bose]], [[Aurobindo Ghose]], saw this dream and did wonderful work towards its realisation."<ref name=":1" /> The phrase has also been used by the sixth RSS head [[Mohan Bhagwat]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ray|first=Meenakshi|date=22 November 2021|title=India doesn't need to be a superpower, should aspire to be 'Vishwa Guru': Mohan Bhagwat|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mohan-bhagwat-says-india-doesn-t-need-to-be-a-superpower-has-this-suggestion-101637597998731.html|access-date=2021-11-26|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><br />
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The word has been used during the [[premiership of Narendra Modi]] as a political catchphrase, as a long-term strategy, and to remind Indians of past glory.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |agency=PTI|date=19 August 2017|title=India on way to become Vishwa Guru under Modi: Shah|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/india-on-way-to-become-vishwa-guru-under-modi-shah/1127486|access-date=2021-11-26|magazine=Outlook India}}</ref> The Vice President of India, [[Venkaiah Naidu|M. Venkaiah Naidu]], used the phrase with reference the India's [[National Education Policy 2020|National Education Policy of 2020]].<ref name=":0" /> [[M. S. Swaminathan|M.S. Swaminathan]], widely known as the Father of the [[Green Revolution in India]], has been called a "Vishwa Guru in Agriculture, a teacher and a scholar who continues to leave his inspirational, ideational thought prints on the world" by Naidu.<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 October 2018 |title=Prof. M.S. Swaminathan is a Vishwaguru in Agriculture: Vice President|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=184393|access-date=2021-11-26|website=Press Information Bureau, Government of India}}</ref><br />
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[[Shivshankar Menon]], India's fourth [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisor]], has commented on the usage of the phrase under Modi, saying that India is not now, or anywhere near, being a net exporter of knowledge and ideas.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Menon|first=Shivshankar|author-link=Shivshankar Menon|date=20 April 2021|title=Modi's India plans to be 'vishwaguru' but forgets soft power is useless without hard muscle|url=https://theprint.in/pageturner/excerpt/modis-india-plans-to-be-vishwaguru-but-forgets-soft-power-is-useless-without-hard-muscle/642359/|access-date=2021-11-26|website=ThePrint}}</ref> On a more practical level, Menon says that it is not clear "how ''vishwaguru'' status would address the immediate problems of livelihood and security that the Indian people and nation face".<ref name=":2" /><br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
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* {{Cite web|last=Naidu|first=M Venkaiah|author-link=Venkaiah Naidu|date=5 September 2018|title=Make India Vishwaguru again|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/make-india-vishwaguru-again-indian-education-system-5340058/|access-date=2021-11-26|website=The Indian Express}}<br />
* {{Cite web|last=Murugkar|first=Milind|date=24 February 2021|title=An anxiety-ridden Vishwaguru|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/an-anxiety-ridden-vishwaguru-7203186/|access-date=2021-11-26|website=The Indian Express}}<br />
* {{cite journal |last1=Sullivan de Estrada |first1=Kate |title=What is a vishwaguru? Indian civilizational pedagogy as a transformative global imperative |journal=International Affairs |date=6 March 2023 |volume=99 |issue=2 |pages=433–455 |doi=10.1093/ia/iiac318 |url=https://academic.oup.com/ia/article/99/2/433/7069012 |access-date=26 March 2024|doi-access=free }}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Vishvamitra]]<br />
* [[Hindu mythology]]<br />
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