Tirthankaran.

/tɪəˈθaŋkərə/

Forms: Also Tirthankar, tirthankara, Tirthanker.

Etymology: Sanskrit, lit. ‘maker of a ford’, < tīrthá ford, passage + kará maker.

In the Jain religion: any 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.

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1835 J. Wilson Let. 13 Mar. in G. Smith Life J. Wilson (1878) vi. 205 In the inferior parts there are the images of all the twenty-four Tirthankars.

1881 Encycl. 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.

1901 R. Kipling Kim vi. 159 I'd give a month's pay to hear how he explained it all at the Tirthankers' Temple at Benares.

1961 A. 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.

1971 Illustr. Weekly India 11 Apr. 8/1 (caption) Rishabha and Vardhamana are the most honoured among the twenty-four Tirthankaras.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tirthankara
释义	Tirthankaran. /tɪəˈθaŋkərə/ Forms: Also Tirthankar, tirthankara, Tirthanker. Etymology: Sanskrit, lit. ‘maker of a ford’, < tīrthá ford, passage + kará maker. In the Jain religion: any 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. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > prophecy > [noun] > person witiec897 prophetOE secretary1599 Tirthankara1835 Mlimo1896 Umlimo1896 1835 J. Wilson Let. 13 Mar. in G. Smith Life J. Wilson (1878) vi. 205 In the inferior parts there are the images of all the twenty-four Tirthankars. 1881 Encycl. 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. 1901 R. Kipling Kim vi. 159 I'd give a month's pay to hear how he explained it all at the Tirthankers' Temple at Benares. 1961 A. 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. 1971 Illustr. Weekly India 11 Apr. 8/1 (caption) Rishabha and Vardhamana are the most honoured among the twenty-four Tirthankaras. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1835
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