As a deity name
Name 695 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 414 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
तीर्थ · noun · masculine
वह पवित्र वा पुण्य स्थान जहाँ धर्म- भाव से लोग यात्रा, पूजा या स्नान आदि के लिये जाते हों । जैसे, हिंदुओं के लिये काशी, प्रयाग, जगन्नाथ, गया, द्वारका आदि; अथवा मुसलमानों के लिये मक्का और मदीना · कोई पवित्र स्थान · हाथ में के कुछ विशिष्ट स्थान — Śabdasāgara
तीर्थ · adj
पवित्र । पावन । पूत · मुक्त करनेवाला । रक्षक — Śabdasāgara
तीर्थ · tīrth · s.m.
A bathing place, a shrine or sacred place of pilgrimage (as Benares, &c; especially particular spots along the course of sacred streams, as the Ganges, &c.); pilgrimage — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 351
तीर्थ · masculine
place of pilgrimage, holy site, tirtha
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Borrowed from Sanskrit तीर्थ (tīrtha).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
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, &c.
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Dictionary citations
tīrtha 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, (a-, xi), KātyŚr.; MBh. iv, 1411
the right place or moment, ChUp. viii; Anup. &c.
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