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Tirthankara
[ tir-tuhng-ker-uh ]
noun
, Jainism.
- one of 24 persons who have attained personal immortality through enlightenment.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Tirthankara1
From the Sanskrit word tīrthankara literally, passage-making
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