Tirthankara
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Transliteration of Sanskrit तीर्थंकर (tīrthaṃkara, “ford-maker”), from तीर्थम् (tīrtham, “ford”) + कर (kara, “maker”), where "ford" refers to the crossing across the material world.
Noun
[edit]Tirthankara (plural Tirthankaras)
- (Jainism) A person who achieves enlightenment through asceticism and who then becomes a role-model teacher for those seeking spiritual guidance.
Further reading
[edit]Tirthankara on Wikipedia.Wikipedia