Male embraced by lover not entirely a source of religious inspiration (5)
I believe the answer is:
swami
'a source of religious inspiration' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'male embraced by lover not entirely' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'embraced by' indicates putting letters inside.
'lover' becomes 'swain' (old-fashioned term for a lover).
'not entirely' means to remove the last letter (not all of the word).
'swain' with its final letter taken off is 'swai'.
'm' inserted within 'swai' is 'SWAMI'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for swami that I've seen before include "Guru" , "Hindu religious instructor" , "Hindu holy man" , "Term of respect to a Hindu teacher" , "How to address Hindu dignitary" .)