Hindu spiritual leader (9)
I believe the answer is:
maharishi
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">hindu spiritual leader</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for maharishi that I've seen before include "Spiritual teacher" , "Religious teacher" , "leading teacher" , "Religious leader" , "Hindu instructor" .)