tirthankara (tīrthaṃkara)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Short Description: Ford-maker.

Long Description: Literally, “ford-maker;” a title for the twenty-four Jain masters who conveyed the principles of Jain belief over the centuries, the last of whom was Mahāvīra (6th century B.CE).

Sources: The Essential Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, edited by Dr. Rama P. Coomaraswamy