tīrtha तीर्थ tīrthá n. (rarely m., [MBh.]) a passage, way, road, ford, stairs for landing or for descent into a river, bathing-place, place of pilgrimage on the banks of sacred streams, piece of water, [RV.] &c. the path to the altar between the Cātvāla and Utkara, [ṢaḍvBr. iii, 1]; [ĀśvŚr. iv], [ix]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Lāṭy.]; [KātyŚr.] a channel, [iv, 8, Paddh.] the usual or right way or manner, [TS.]; [ŚBr. xiv], (á-, [xi]), [KātyŚr.]; [MBh. iv, 1411] the right place or moment, [ChUp. viii]; [Anup.] &c. advice, instruction, counsel, adviser, preceptor, [MBh. v]; [Mālav. i, 11/12]; [Kir. ii, 3] certain lines or parts of the hand sacred to the deities, [Mn. ii]; [Yājñ.] &c. an object of veneration, sacred object, [BhP.] a worthy person, [Āp.]; [Mn. iii, 130]; [MBh.] &c. a person worthy of receiving anything (gen.), [MānGṛ. i, 7] N. of certain counsellors of a king (enumerated in [Pañcat. iii, 67/68]), [MBh. ii, 171]; [Ragh. xvii]; [Śiś. xiv] one of the ten orders of ascetics founded by Śaṃkarācārya (its members add the word to their names) a brāhman, [Uṇvṛ.] = darśana, [L.] = yoga, [L.] the vulva, [L.] a woman's courses, [L.] fire, [Uṇvṛ.] = nidāna, [ib.] tīrthaka तीर्थक mfn. = °tha-bhūta, [BhP. i, 19, 32] m. = °thika, [Buddh.] N. of a Nāga, [ib.] n. (ifc.) a Tīrtha, [Hariv.] tīrthakṛt तीर्थकृत् tīrtha—kṛt m. ‘T°-maker’, a Jain Arhat, [Jain.]; [VarBṛ. xv, 4.] tīrthapad तीर्थपद् tīrtha—pad, nom. pād, mfn. having sanctifying feet (Kṛṣṇa), [BhP. iii], [ix.] tīrthasad तीर्थसद् tīrtha—sad mfn. dwelling at Tīrthas (Rudra), [MānGṛ. i, 13.] tīrthavat तीर्थवत् tīrtha—vat mfn. having water-descents, abounding in Tīrthas, [MBh. xiii]; [R.] tīrthabhūta तीर्थभूत tīrtha—bhūta mfn. sanctified, [MBh. xiii]; [BhP. i, 13.] tīrthaśilā तीर्थशिला tīrtha—śilā f. the stone steps leading to a bathing-place, [Śṛṅgār. 1.] tīrthadeva तीर्थदेव tīrtha—deva m. Śiva tīrthakāka तीर्थकाक tīrtha—kāka m. ‘crow at a T°’, an unsteady pupil, [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 42], Vārtt., [Pat.] tīrthakara तीर्थकर tīrtha—kara mfn. creating a passage (through life), [MBh. xiii, 7023] (Viṣṇu) tīrtha—kara m. Śiva a head of a sect, [Sarvad. iv], [vi], [ix] = -kṛt, [Jain.] tīrthapāda तीर्थपाद tīrtha—pāda mfn. id., [i], [iv], [viii], [xii.] tīrthapūjā तीर्थपूजा tīrtha—pūjā f. washing Kṛṣṇa's statue in holy water, [W.] tīrthapada तीर्थपद tīrtha—pada mfn. id., [iii], [vi.] tīrthapati तीर्थपति tīrtha—pati m. N. of the head of an ocean-worshipping sect, [Śaṃkar. xxxv.] tīrtharājī तीर्थराजी tīrtha—rājī f. ‘line of Tīrthas’, Benares, [L.] tīrthaseni तीर्थसेनि tīrtha—seni f. N. of one of the mothers in Skanda's retinue, [MBh. ix, 2625.] tīrthasevā तीर्थसेवा tīrtha—sevā f. = -caryā, [Cāṇ.]; [Subh.] worship of the 24 saints, [HYog. ii, 16.] tīrthatama तीर्थतम tīrtha—tama n. Superl. a T° more sacred than (abl.), [MBh. iii, 7018] an object of the highest sanctity, [BhP. v.] tīrthavāka तीर्थवाक tīrtha—vāka m. the hair of the head, [L.] tīrthavatī तीर्थवती tīrtha—vatī f. N. of a river, [BhP. v.] tīrthavidhi तीर्थविधि tīrtha—vidhi m. the rites observed at a T°. tīrthaṃkara तीर्थंकर tīrtha—ṃ-kara m. = -kṛt, [Jain.] tīrthacaryā तीर्थचर्या tīrtha—caryā f. a visit to any T°, pilgrimage, [BhP. ix, 16, 1.] tīrthakīrti तीर्थकीर्ति tīrtha—kīrti mfn. one whose fame is a T° (i.e. carries through life), [BhP. iii, 1, 45] and [5, 15.] tīrthasaukhya तीर्थसौख्य tīrtha—saukhya n. N. of wk. or of part of a work. tīrthasevin तीर्थसेविन् tīrtha—sevin m. ‘visiting Tīrthas’, Ardea nivea, [L.] tīrthavāsin तीर्थवासिन् tīrtha—vāsin mfn. dwelling at a T°. tīrthayātrā तीर्थयात्रा tīrtha—yātrā f. = -caryā, [MBh.]; [BhP.]; [Pañcat.] &c. N. of [ŚivaP. ii, 20] tīrthaśravas तीर्थश्रवस् tīrtha—śravas mfn. = -kīrti, [BhP. ii], [viii.] tīrthagopāla तीर्थगोपाल tīrtha—gopāla n. N. of a T°, [ŚambhMāh. xvi.] tīrthakāśikā तीर्थकाशिका tīrtha—kāśikā f. N. of wk. by Gaṅgā-dhara. tīrthapādīya तीर्थपादीय tīrtha—°pādīya m. an adherent of Kṛṣṇa, [iv.] tīrthavāyasa तीर्थवायस tīrtha—vāyasa m. = -kāka, [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 42], [Kāś.] tīrthayātrin तीर्थयात्रिन् tīrtha—°yātrin mfn. engaged in °trā, [W.] tīrthadhvāṅkṣa तीर्थध्वाङ्क्ष tīrtha—dhvāṅkṣa m. = -kāka, [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 42], Vārtt. tīrthamahiman तीर्थमहिमन् tīrtha—mahiman m. N. of a ch. of [Śūdradh.] tīrthanirṇaya तीर्थनिर्णय tīrtha—nirṇaya m. N. of wk. tīrthadevamaya तीर्थदेवमय tīrtha—deva—maya mf(I)n. containing Tīrthas and gods, [Hcat. i, 7, 580.] tīrthamāhātmya तीर्थमाहात्म्य tīrtha—māhātmya n. N. of a ch. of [PSarv.] tīrthacintāmaṇi तीर्थचिन्तामणि tīrtha—cintāmaṇi m. N. of wk. by Vācaspati-miśra, [Smṛtit. i], [xxv.] tīrthakamaṇḍalu तीर्थकमण्डलु tīrtha—kamaṇḍalu m. a pot with T°-water, [BhP. ix, 10, 43.] tīrthamahāhrada तीर्थमहाह्रद tīrtha—mahā-hrada m. N. of a T°, [MBh. xiii, 7654.] tīrthayātrāvidhi तीर्थयात्राविधि tīrtha—yātrā—vidhi m. N. of wk. tīrthapratipādana तीर्थप्रतिपादन tīrtha—pratipādana n. = sat-pattra-dāna, [Daś.] (Sch.). tīrthayātrāparvan तीर्थयात्रापर्वन् tīrtha—yātrā—parvan n. N. of [MBh. iii], chs. 80-156 tīrthayātrātattva तीर्थयात्रातत्त्व tīrtha—yātrā—tattva n. N. of [Smṛtit. xxx] tīrthaśrāddhaprayoga तीर्थश्राद्धप्रयोग tīrtha—śrāddha-prayoga m. N. of a ch. of Śiva-rāma's Śrāddhacintāmaṇi.