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तीर्थ

रास्ता, स्नान-स्थान, जलावतरण स्थान, घाट, यात्रार्थ पवित्र स्थान, शास्त्र, अव्वरक्षेत्र, उपाय, उपाध्याय, मन्त्री, स्त्री का रजस्, उचित स्थान, उपयुक्त क्षण, उचित पात्र

way, ford, bathing place, place of pilgrimage, scripture, place of sacrifice, means, teacher, minister, menses, right place or moment, person worthy of a gift

Monier–Williams

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, 12/13 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 Śaṃkarâcārya (its members add the word {tīrtha} to their names)##a brāhman Uṇ. vṛ##= {darśana} L##= {yoga} L##the vulva L##a woman's courses L##fire Uṇ. vṛ##= {nidāna} ib