tIrTaM [ tF-Tak Uṇ. 2. 7 ] 1 A passage, road, way, ford. 2 A descent into a river, the stairs of a landingplace; ( Mar. GAwa ); vizamopi vigAhyate nayaH kftatIrTaH payasAmivASayaH Ki. 2. 3. (where tIrTa means ‘a remedy or means also); tIrTaM sarvavidyAvatArARAM K. 44. 3 A place of water. 4 A holy place, place of pilgrimage, a shrine &c, dedicated to some holy ( pb ) object (especially on or near the bank of a sacred river &c.); Suci mano yadyasti tarTina kiM Bh. 2. 55 ; R. 1. 85. 5 A channel, medium, means; tadanena tIrTena Gaweta &c. Māl. 1. 6 A remedy, expedient. 7 A sacred or holy personage, worthy person, an object of veneration, a fit recipient; kva punastAdfSasya tIrTasya sADoH saMBavaH U. 1 ; Ms. 3. 136 ; H. 2. 8 , R. 5. 15. 8 A sacred preceptor, a teacher; mayA tIrTAdaBinayavidyA SikzitA M. 1. 9 Source, origin. 10 A sacrifice. 11 A minister. 12 Advice, instruction. 13 Right place or moment. 14 The right or usual manner. 15 Certain parts of the hand sacred to deities, Manes &c. 16 A school of philosophy. 17 Pudendum muliebre. 18 Menstrual courses of a woman. 19 A Brāhmaṇa. 20 (In liturgical language) The path to the altar between the cAtvAla and utkara q.q. v.v. 21 Fire. 22 Ascertainment of a disease. 23 A science ( SAstra ). 24 An auxiliary, a help; a person or official connected with the king and being in close attendance on him; (the number being 15 on one's side and 18 on the enemy's side); cf. Pt. 3. 69. — rTaH An honorary affix added to the names of ascetics, saints &c.; e. g. AnaMdatIrTa . Comp. — udakaM holy water; tIrTodakaM ca vahniSca nAnyataH SudDimarhataH U. 1. 13. — kamaMqalu m. n. a pot filled with water from a holy place. — karaH 1 a Jaina Arhat , sanctified teacher or saint of the Jainas; (also tIrTaMkara in this sense). 2 an ascetic. 3 the founder of a new religious or philosophical school. 4 N. of Viṣṇu. — kAkaH, -DvAMkzaH, -vAyasaH ‘a crow at a sacred bathing-place’, i. e. a very greedy person; ( lolupa ). — devaH an epithet of Śiva. — pAd m. an epithet of Kṛṣṇa. — BUta a. sacred, holy. — yAtrA a visit to a holy place, a pilgrimage. — rAjaH N. of Prayāga. — rAjiH, -jI f. an epithet of Benaras. — vAkaH the hair of the head. — viDiH rites observed at a place of pilgrimage, (such as kzOra ). — SilA the stone-steps leading to a bathing-place. — sevin a. a pilgrim. ( — m. ) a crane.