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Tirthankara

/tɪəˈtʌŋkərə/noun

उच्चारण टिअर्टंकर

तीर्थंकर

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noun
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    (in Jainism) any of the twenty-four great spiritual teachers who showed people the way to freedom from the cycle of birth and death

    तीर्थंकर

    • Mahavira was the twenty-fourth Tirthankara.
    • The temple has statues of all the Tirthankaras.
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General knowledge

Rishabhanatha was the first Tirthankara and Mahavira was the twenty-fourth and last.

GK: ऋषभनाथ पहले तीर्थंकर थे और महावीर चौबीसवें तथा अंतिम तीर्थंकर थे।