Tarakamaya, Tārakāmaya: 5 definitions

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In Hinduism
1. Purana
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In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Tārakāmaya (तारकामय).—A Devāsura battle in Kṛta yuga; Tārā's (Tārakā, Bṛhaspati's wife) abduction by Soma, was the ground for war between the Asuras and the Suras. Śukra joined Soma while Śiva and Indra took up Bṛhaspati's cause.¹ Here Viṣṇu killed Kālanemi, and Indra, Virocana, son of Prahlāda; (Virocana was killed by Viṣṇu in the guise of Indra, Vāyu-purāṇa). After the war there was a famine when Vasiṣṭha helped the people with fruits and roots;² the fifth battle in which Virocana was blessed with eternal life by Śiva;³ ended with the intervention of Brahmā who gave Tārā back to Bṛhaspati.⁴

1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 14. 4-7; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 5. 32; Matsya-purāṇa 129. 16; 172. 10; Vāyu-purāṇa 67. 69; 70. 81; 90. 33.
2) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 8. 88; 65. 34; 72. 20-21, 74; Matsya-purāṇa Chh. 173178.
3) Vāyu-purāṇa 97. 21, 74 and 80.
4) Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 6. 16-19.

1b) The fifth of the twelve Kolāhalas. Indra killed Virocana, son of Prahlāda.^*

* Matsya-purāṇa 47. 43-9.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tārakāmaya (तारकामय).—[tārakā + maya] (tārakā = tārā, proper name), adj., f. yī, On account of Tārā, Mahābhārata 2, 939.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Tārakāmaya (तारकामय):—[=tārakā-maya] [from tārakā > tāra] mfn. on account of (Bṛhas-pati’s wife) Tārakā (or Tārā; said of the war waged by gods and demons for her rescue), [Mahābhārata i f.]

2) [v.s. ...] [vi f.; Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa v f.; Bhāgavata-purāṇa ix, 14, 7]

3) [v.s. ...] m. ‘full of stars’, Śiva, [Mahābhārata xii, 10424.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Tarakamaya in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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