Tarakamaya, Tārakāmaya: 5 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchTārakāmaya (तारकामय):—(von tārakā = tārā) adj.
1) in Verb. mit saṃgrāma, yuddha, samara (bisweilen auch subst. mit Ergänzung eines Wortes für Kampf) der Kampf der Götter mit den Ungöttern um Tārā, die Gemahlin Bṛhaspati’s, welche Soma geraubt hatte, [Mahābhārata 2, 939. 1034. 6, 3664. 7, 2994.] [Arjunasamāgama 6, 24.] [Harivaṃśa 1345. 2152. 2388. 5872.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 73, 60. 6, 3, 13.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 14, 7.] —
2) Beiname Śiva’s als Theilnehmers an jenem Kampfe [Mahābhārata 12, 10424.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungTārakāmaya (तारकामय):——
1) Adj. (in Verbindung mit einem Worte für Kampf ) oder Subst. (mit Ergänzung eines solchen Wortes) der Kampf der Götter mit den Ungöttern um Tārā (die Gattin Bṛhaspati’s , welche Soma geraubt hatte). —
2) als Beiw. Śiva’s so v.a. sternenvoll nach [Nīlakaṇṭha]
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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Partial matches: Taraka, Maya.
Ends with: Vatarakamaya.
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