The word Achari is a shortened form of the Sanskrit word Acharya. But as Arsha Bharata Shilpi, Arsha + Chari is also a combination of the words Achari {cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H4q0DHGMcjEC&pg=PA107%7Ctitle=Historical dictionary of the Tamils|last=Ramaswamy|first=Vijaya|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2007|isbn=978-0-8108-5379-9|pages=107–108|access-date=16 January 2012}}
