Maharishi


In Ancient India, Maharshi is a Sanskrit word, written as "महर्षि" in Devanagari, indicating members of the highest order of ancient Indian sages, popularly known in India as "seers," i.e. those who engage in research to understand and experience Nature and its governing laws.

Description and usage

Maharshi may also refer to "seers" or "sages" in India. The term became popular in English literature "sometime before 1890" and was first used in 1758.
Alternate meanings describe Maharshi as a collective name that refers to the seven rishis or saptarishis cited in the scriptures of Rig Veda and the Puranas, or any of the several mythological seers that are referenced in Vedic writings and associated with the seven stars of the constellation Ursa Major.
The only ones who can adopt the title are those who achieve the highest state of awareness in the path of evolution and completely understand the working of parabramha. The Maharshis are capable of making others as saints and impart the knowledge of the working of the divine.
Ramana Maharshi was an "Indian sage" with a philosophy about the path to self-knowledge and the integration of personality espoused in books by author Paul Brunton and Ramana's own writings such as the Collected Works and Forty Verses on Reality.
The title was also used by Valmiki, Patanjali and Dayananda Sarasvati.
The 2019 Telugu movie Maharshi starring Mahesh Babu was named after this title.