Tirthankara

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

Tirthankara (plural Tirthankaras)

  1. (Jainism) A person who achieves enlightenment through asceticism and who then becomes a role-model teacher for those seeking spiritual guidance.
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