Tirthakara, Tīrthakara, Tirtha-kara: 12 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchTīrthakara (तीर्थकर):—(tīrtha + kara)
1) adj. eine Furt bereitend (durch’s Leben, durch den Kreislauf des Lebens), errettend; Beiname Viṣṇu’s [Mahābhārata 13, 7023.] Śiva’s [Śivanāmasahasra] —
2) m. ein Arhant bei den Jaina [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 24]; vgl. saṃsārārṇavatāraka [Śatruṃjayamāhātmya 14, 265.] —
3) m. (bei den Buddhisten) ein brahmanischer Asket (der sich in heiligen Wassern badet; vgl. tīrthya, tīrthika) [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 91.] [Burnouf 158,] [Nalopākhyāna 1. 456. 515.] — Vgl. tīrthaṃkara .
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Tīrthakara (तीर्थकर):—m. so v. a. Bahnbrecher, insbes. auf dem Gebiete der Religion, Religionsstifter, Reformator [SARVADARŚANAS. 77. 12. 101, 7.] Davon nom. abstr. tva n. [45, 9.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungTīrthakara (तीर्थकर):——
1) Adj. eine Furt durch’s Leben bereitend (Viṣṇu und Śiva). —
2) m. — a) Bahnbrecher , insbes. auf dem Gebiete der Religion , Religionsstifter , Reformator , das Haupt einer Secte. Nom.abstr. tva n. — b) *ein Arhant bei den Jaina.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Tirtha, Kara.
Starts with: Tirthakaratva.
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