English Explanatory Dictionary

Tirthankara

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who achieves enlightenment through asceticism and who then becomes a role-model teacher for those seeking spiritual guidance.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Tirthankara.

Word forms

Tirthankara Tirthankaras Tirthankar

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit तीर्थंकर (tīrthaṃkara, “ford-maker”), from तीर्थम् (tīrtham, “ford”) + कर (kara, “maker”), where "ford" refers to the crossing across the material world.

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