tirˈtəŋkərə noun
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Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Sanskrit tīrthankara, literally, ford-making, from tīrtha passage, ford + karoti he does, makes — more at karma
: one of the 24 founding jinas of Jain tradition venerated as breakers of the path across the stream of time to Nirvana who have shown the way to spiritual liberation in Jainism : a pioneer of faith