तारा

Definitions

• a fixed star, asterism
• the pupil of the eye (chiefly at the end of a compound)
• a kind of meteor
• (Samkhya) one of the 8 siddhis
• (music) name of a raga of six notes
• a kind of perfume
• a form of दाक्षायणी (दाक्षायणी) (worshipped on the mountain Kiṣkindha; protectress of the Gṛtsa-madas)
• name of a Buddhist goddess
• name of Brihaspati's wife (carried off by soma)
• name of the wife of Buddha Amoghasiddha
• of a shakti
• name of a yogini
• name of a female monkey