As a Hindi name
तीर्थक · noun · masculine
ब्राह्मण · तीर्थकर · वह जो तीर्थों की यात्रा करता हो — Śabdasāgara
तीर्थक · adj
पवित्र · पूज्य — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a Tīrtha
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "tīrthaka" is derived from "tīrtha" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
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.
tīrthaka mfn. = ˚tha-bhūta, BhP. i, 19, 32
tīrthaka m. = ˚thika, Buddh.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
tīrthaka mfn. = ˚tha-bhūta, BhP. i, 19, 32
tīrthaka m. = ˚thika, Buddh.
N. of a Nāga, ib.
tīrthaka n. (ifc.) a Tīrtha, Hariv.
tīrthaka a. Holy, sacred, venerable. — kaḥ An ascetic, a Brāhmaṇa.
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.
Alternative readings
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