tārā | तारा | tArA

tārā | तारा | (A), f. (g. Bidādi | Bइदादि |) a fixed star, asterism (cf. stf/ | स्त्फ़्/ |), Yājñ. iii, 172; MBh. &c. (ifc. f(A). , Mṛcch. iii, 10)
the pupil of the eye (chiefly ifc.), VarBṛS. lviii, 11 &c.
a kind of meteor, vli, 86 and 94
(in Sāṃkhya phil.) one of the 8 Siddhis, Tattvas.
(in music) N. of a Rāga of six notes
a kind of perfume, L.
a form of Dākṣāyaṇī (worshipped on the mountain Kiṣkindha, MatsyaP. xiii, 46; protectress of the Gṛtsa-madas, BrahmaP. ii, 18, 8; cf. RTL. p. 187)
N. of a Buddh. goddess, Vāsav., 433
of Bṛhaspati's wife (carried off by Soma), MBh. v, 3972; Hariv. 1340 ff.; BhP. &c.
of the wife of Buddha Amoghasiddha, Buddh.
of a Śakti, Jain.
of a Yoginī, Hcat. ii, 1, 710
of a female monkey (daughter of Suṣeṇa, wife of Bālin and mother of Aṅgada), MBh. iii, 16110 ff.; R. i, iv, vi.
tārā | तारा | f. of ˚ra | ˚र |, q.v.

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