तीर्थंकर

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit तीर्थंकर (tīrthaṃkara), a compound of तीर्थ (tīrtha, ford) + कर (kara, maker), where "ford" refers to the Jain philosophical concept of samsara.

Noun

तीर्थंकर • (tīrthaṅkar) m (Urdu spelling تیرتھنکر)

  1. (Jainism) a Tirthankara (one of the 24 teachers of the dharma)

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