तीर्थंकर

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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)

Declension

Declension of तीर्थंकर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct तीर्थंकर
tīrthaṅkar 		तीर्थंकर
tīrthaṅkar
oblique तीर्थंकर
tīrthaṅkar 		तीर्थंकरों
tīrthaṅkarõ
vocative तीर्थंकर
tīrthaṅkar 		तीर्थंकरो
tīrthaṅkaro

References

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