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词汇 tirtha
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Definition of tirtha in English:

tirtha

(also tirth)
noun ˈtɪəθə
  • A Hindu place of pilgrimage, especially one by a river or lake.

    (尤指河边或湖边的)印度教朝圣地

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For the temple, so the Brahmins will tell you, is a tirtha, a crossing place, linking the profane to the sacred.
    • These tirthas are spiritual crossings where the river of this earthly life may be safely forded to the far shore of immortality.
    • Sojourns in tirthas, which are meritorious and which constitute one of the high mysteries of the rishis, are even superior to sacrifices.
    • ‘Pilgrimage to Gosainkund,’ for example, is a late 18 th-century painting that shows villages and temples on the way to this tirtha, a sacred lake to Lord Siva, located at 16,000 feet.
    • There are six other tirthas in India, but none as powerful and auspicious as this.
    Synonyms
    holy place, temple, church, chapel, tabernacle, altar, sanctuary, sanctum

Origin

Hindi tīrtha.

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