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‖ Tirthankara|tɪəˈθæŋkərə|
Also Tirthankar, tirthankara, Tirthanker.
[Skr., lit. ‘maker of a ford’, f. tīrthá ford, passage + kará maker.]
In the Jain religion, one of the twenty-four founding prophets or Jinas, venerated as having successfully crossed the stream of time and having made a path for others to follow.
1835J. Wilson Let. 13 Mar. in G. Smith Life of John Wilson (1878) vi. 205 In the inferior parts there are the images of all the twenty-four Tirthankars. 1881Encycl. Brit. XIII. 543/2 The Jains count twenty-four such prophets, whom they call Jinas, or Tīrthankaras, that is, conquerors or leaders of schools of thought. 1901Kipling Kim vi. 159, I'd give a month's pay to hear how he explained it all at the Tirthankers' Temple at Benares. 1961A. J. Toynbee Between Oxus & Jumna xii. 37 At Ludra..there is a Jain temple containing a hallowed image of the last Jain tirthankara but one. 1971Illustr. Weekly of India 11 Apr. 8/1 (caption) Rishabha and Vardhamana are the most honoured among the twenty-four Tirthankaras. |