Parsva
[ pahrsh-vuh, pahrs- ]
/ ˈpɑrʃ və, ˈpɑrs- /
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noun Jainism.
a semilegendary Tirthankara of the 8th century b.c., said to have been born after a series of pious incarnations in each of which he was killed by an antagonist who had originally been his elder brother: the twenty-third Tirthankara.
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parson's nose, Parsons table, pars plana, pars-planitis, pars tympanica, Parsva, part, part. adj., part. aeq., partake, partan
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