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AchArya means the one who is the foremost among the Vaidhikas (vaidikAgresara), who has devotion to BhagavAn, who is without egoism, who understands the tirumantram according to the correct meaning - that tirumantram is the essence of all the Vedas, the case of all mantras, the document for the inseparable relationship of the soul and the Lord, the savior of Mumukshus-, who has no interest in artha and kAma but yet lives within the world and follows  the dharma, artha, kAma (lokaparigraha) [and hence practices dharma, artha and kAma].

-- Sri Periyavachan Pillai [Manikka Malai]