Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6193

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*Tila-piṣaka* (CII 4; LL), an oil-miller. *timmira* (EI 11), a land measure; cf. *timpira*, etc. *timpīra* (IE 8-6; EI 23, 24, 29), also spelt *timpira*, *ṭim-pira*, etc.; a land measure mentioned in Orissan records. *ṭippaṇaka* (LP), a certificate. *tirama* (EI 24), Tamil form of *dramma*. *Tirṇa-daṇḍa* (CII 1), ‘one who has been convicted’. *tīrtha* (IE 8-3, 8-4; EI 3; SII 1; CII 4; LL), a place of pilgrimage; a holy place or holy waters; a bathing place; a flight of steps for descent into a river; a ferry; sometimes suffixed to the names of localities. *Tīrthakara* (BL), epithet of the Jinas; same as *Tīrthaṅkara* (q.v.). *Tīrthaṅkara* (CII 3; EI 9); epithet of the 24 great leaders of the Jain faith; propagator of the Jain faith or *tīrtha*; creator of the four sections, viz. monk, nun, layman and laywoman (*sādhu*, *sādhvī*, *śrāvaka* and *śrāvikā*); same as Jina; sometimes spelt *Tīrthakara*; also called *Ādikartṛ*. *Tīrthika* (EI 9), Buddhist; teacher of a religion other than one’s own; a non-Buddhist (especially, Śaiva) teacher. (EI 32), same as *Tairthika*, ‘a priest’. *Tīrth-opādhyāya* (BL), title of a family priest at Jagan-nātha-kṣetra (Purī). *Tirumeni-kāval* (ASLV), watchman in a temple. *tiruvidaiyāṭṭam* (EI 30), Tamil; a gift. *tithi* (CII 3; IA 17), a lunar day; one mean *tithi* is equal to 0.9843529572 of a mean solar day and night; the mean *tithis* in a solar year are 371, and 3 *ghaṭīs* and 53.4 *palas*; generally the term *tithi* means the end of a *tithi*, not its beginning or duration, and the week-day of a *tithi* is the week-day on which that *tithi* ends; the *tithis* given in the *Pañcāṅgas* are apparent, not mean, and they are intended to be given from apparent sunrise. *Cf.* Tamil *tiyadi*, *tedi* (SITI), a date. (IE 7-1-2), ‘fifteen’. (EI 16), same as *mahā-tithi*, an auspicious *tithi*; cf. *saptamī* called the *tithi* of the sun-god and *aṣṭamī* that of the god Śiva (*Ep. Ind.*, Vol. V, p. 168, note 4). *tithi-bhoga* (CII 3; IA 16), duration of a *tithi*. *tithi-dhruva* (CII 3; IA 16), constant of a *tithi*; a term denoting the number of complete *tithis* that elapse from the commencement of Caitra upto the *tithi* during which the Meṣa-saṁkrānti occurs. See *tithi-śuddhi*.