མུ་སྟེགས། | Glossary of Terms
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མུ་སྟེགས།
- mu stegs
- tīrtha
- Term
- ghat
- མུ་སྟེགས།
- mu stegs
- tīrtha
A set of stairs leading down to the banks of a river or pond, often used for bathing.
- tīrtha
- མུ་སྟེགས།
- mu stegs
- tīrtha
Literally meaning a “ford,” “crossing place,” or “confluence,” the term is used to refer to the geographical holy places and pilgrimage sites (whether associated with rivers or not) of both Hinduism and Jainism, and by extension to the spiritual practices of pilgrimage in general.