[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c6.6193 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6193 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6193 - **Language:** English ### [c6.6193](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6193) \*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\*. - [Previous: c6.6192](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6192) - [Next: c6.6194](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6194) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Cites (1) - [Tsandavolu pillar inscription of Jaya and Ganapati](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.deccan.kakatiya.tsandavolu-pillar-inscription-of-jaya-and-ganapati) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6193](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6193) · Pramāṇa