Book Title: Sudha Sagar Hindi English Jaina Dictionary
Author(s): Rameshchandra Jain
Publisher: Gyansagar Vagarth Vimarsh Kendra Byavar
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Tiryak vyatikrama - तिर्यक् व्यतिक्रम - Horizontal transgression. Tiryagvyatikrama - तिर्यग्व्यतिक्रम - Exceeding the limits set in the directions, namely horizontally. Tiryagyoni-faff-Animals - The beings other than celestial, infernal and human beings are animals. T. 4/27. Tiryañca- • तिर्यञ्च - Subhuman souls, Subhuman beings. Tiryak_gatyānupūrvi - तिर्यक् गत्यानुपूर्वी - Subhuman life course suc
cession.
Tiryañca gati - तिर्यञ्च गति - Subhuman existence.
Tiryañ cagati prayagy anupūrvi तिर्यञ्चगति प्रायोग्यानुपूर्वी - Migratory form tending to animal existence. Tirbhukti- तीरभुकति - The Territory of videha is mentioned by the name Tirabhukti. Puranas mention the boundary of Tirabbukti thus: it was bounded by the Himalayas on the north, by Ganges on the south, by Kaisik i on the east and by Gandiki on the west. Tirthaf Order, An order of monks, Nuns, Laymen and laywomen, Religious region, The religious school. The holy resort. Tirth - ef A ford, a means of corssing over. Metaphysically it denotes a spiritual guide or Philosphy, which enables one to cross over the ocean of recuurring birth in this world. Tirthakara - तीर्थंकर Same as
Tirthamkara.
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Tirthakaratva nama Karma-teƒकरत्व नाम कर्म - is that which causes the
status of an Arhat, the lord of the three worlds. S-8/11. Tirthamkara-e- The promulgators of the creed, Founder of Jaina order from time to time. Tirtha mkaras-e-Tirthankaras are the prodclaimers of liberation and the guides on the path to it. That number is twenty four in each cycle of time in each of the Bharata and Airavatak ṣetras. Tirthamkara-e-The status of a Tirthamkara is the most difficult thing to obtain in the world. It is attained only by four and twenty souls in the course of half a cycle of time comprising innumerable millions of years. The causes that lead to Tirthamkara-hood are, among others, a burning desire to remove the misery of the world to carry enlightenment and Joy to the hearts of all living beings, perfect faith, profound veneration for the true objects of veneration, namely the teacher, the scripture of truth and the saint, love, service and study (in investigation of truth). These are collectively known as the sixteen special impulses that lead to the glory of Tirthamkarahood. The seed of the supreme status is generally sown in the presence of a living Tirthamkara himself. It is his example presumably that fixes the mind and stirs up the imagination. R. Page. 44. तीर्थंकर Tirthamkara means the lord of the holy order. The holy order presided over by the lord, consists of four sections, viz., the monks, the nuns, the male-house-holders and the female house holders. The lord is absolutely free from all feelings of attachment and envy. He is omniscient, i.e. knows all
