तारक

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

Proper noun

तारक (tāraka) m

  1. (Jainism) An epithet of Tirthankaras.
  2. (Hinduism) A name of Shiva.
  3. (Hinduism, mythology) A daitya (दैत्य) defeated by Indra and Skanda.
    1. (in the plural) His children
  4. (Hinduism, mythology) A demon killed by Kartikeya.
  5. (Hinduism, mythology) An enemy of Vishnu (विष्णु).
  6. (Hinduism, mythology) A friend of Simanta (सीमन्त).

Noun 1

तारक (tāraka) m

  1. someone or something which delivers, in the senses of:
    1. a prayer or mantra of liberation from rebirth recited at or in preparation for death
    2. a helmsman; a ship's pilot
    3. a raft; a float
    4. a savior; a deliverer

Noun 2

तारक (tāraka) n

  1. (figuratively) a star
  2. (figuratively) a falling star, a meteor
  3. (figuratively) the pupil of an eye
  4. (figuratively) eye
  5. (poetry) a meter of 13 syllables
  6. (botany) colocynth

Adjective

तारक (tāraka)

  1. delivering, in the senses of:
    1. causing to go or pass over; carrying over; putting across
    2. rescuing; saving; liberating
    3. protecting; preserving; helping through a difficulty
  2. (figuratively) stellar; of or related to the stars, considered as rafts.

References

  • "tāraka" in the Sanskrit Dictionary. Vedic Society & Sanskrit Research Institute.
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