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Taraka (other)
Taraka, usually derived from Sanskrit ''tāraka'' (, "crossing; ferryman; star; eye"), may refer to: Hinduism * Taraka mantra, various mantras spoken by Hindus at their deaths * Tārakāsura, an asura defeated by Skanda * Taraka (goddess), wife of god Brihaspati * Tataka, a yaksha-turned-demoness People * N. T. Rama Rao (Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri, 1923-1996), Indian Telugu film veteran actor and politician * N. T. Rama Rao Jr. (Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri, Jr.), Indian Telugu film actor; grandson of N. T. Rama Rao * Taraka Ratna (Taraka Ratna Nandamuri), Indian Telugu film actor; grandson of N. T. Rama Rao Other uses * Taraka, Lanao del Sur, a municipality in the Philippines. * Taraka, Papua New Guinea Taraka is a suburb of Lae in the Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The main campus for the Papua New Guinea University of Technology is located in Taraka. Location Both East Taraka and West Taraka are located 7 km from Lae on Rigel Road. ..., a suburb of Lae in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age. Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism, the language of classical Hindu philosophy, and of historical texts of Buddhism and Jainism. It was a link language in ancient and medieval South Asia, and upon transmission of Hindu and Buddhist culture to Southeast Asia, East Asia and Central Asia in the early medieval era, it became a language of religion and high culture, and of the political elites in some of these regions. As a result, Sanskrit had a lasting impact on the languages of South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, especially in their formal and learned vocabularies. Sanskrit generally connotes several Old Indo-Aryan language varieties. The most archaic of these is the Vedic Sanskrit found in the Rig Veda, a colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taraka Mantra
Tarakeshwara or Tarakeshvara ( sa, तारकेश्वर, ''Tārakeśvara''; Hindi: ''Tārkeśvar'') is a form of the Hindu god Shiva in his role as a psychopomp, a ferryman or deliverer of the soul into freedom from rebirth (''moksha''). __NOTOC__ Temples * Manikarnika Ghat, Benares * Hangal, Karnataka * Taraknath Temple, West Bengal The temples are connected to the "Taraka", the "ferryboat mantra" or "mantra of the crossing" believed to guide the spirit of the dying to ''moksha''. One Shivite form of the prayer is ''Om Sri Rama Jaya Rama Jaya Jaya Rama'' ("'' Om'', Victory to God with his ''shakti'', victory, victory to God"), supposedly taught by Shiva to his wife Parvati. Another is ''Rām-Rāmāya Namaḥ'', taught by Yajnavalkya to Bharadvaja in the Ramottaratapaniya Upanishad. Supposedly, one dying in the temple at Benares hears Shiva himself reciting one of these mantras. See also * Shaivism * Moksha ''Moksha'' (; sa, मोक्ष, '), also calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tārakāsura
Tarakasura ( sa, तारकासुर:) also rendered as Tharakasuran (Tamil: தாரக்காசுரன்) and Tarakasura ( te, తారకసుర) is a powerful asura in Hindu mythology. He is the son of the asura Vajranga and his wife Vajrangi. Taraka had three sons: Tarakaksha, Vidyunmali, and Kamalaksha, who were known as the Tripurasura. He is known to be slain by Kartikeya. Birth Diti, ever jealous of her sister Aditi, asked for her consort Kashyapa to provide her a son who would be capable of defeating the devas, who were the sons of Aditi. Consenting, Kashyapa granted his wife Vajranga, possessing adamantine limbs, who performed her bidding by capturing Indra and the devas and punishing them. When Aditi protested, Brahma urged Vajranga to release his captives, who acquiesced, stating that he had only done what his mother had instructed. Pleased, Brahma created a wife for him known as Vajrangi, who was both alluring and loving. When he offered her a bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taraka (goddess)
is the Hindu goddess of felicity and sanguineness. She is also the consort of Hindu god Brihaspati, the god of planet Jupiter. According to some Puranas, Tara sired or mothered a child named Budha, the god of Mercury through Chandra and had a son named Kacha through Brihaspati. Story Tara was the wife of Brihaspati, the guru of Devas. According to historians, it is mentioned as her husband spent most of his time with the problems and matters of Devas, she felt being ignored by her husband. One day, Chandra, the moon god visited Brihaspati. There he saw Tara and was captivated by her beauty. Chandra used Hypnosis on Tara. Brihaspati was infuriated and demanded Chandra to return his wife. Chandra told Brihaspati that Tara was happy and satisfied with him. He told that how can an old man be husband of a young woman. This made Brihaspati more annoyed and he warned Chandra for battle. Indra and other Devas gathered to fight a war. Chandra was not ready to give Tara back and he t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tataka
Tāṭakā is a minor ''yakṣī'' antagonist in the ''Rāmāyaṇa''. Along with her children, Mārīca and Subāhu, Tāṭakā would harass and attack sages performing yajñas in the forest. They were ultimately slain by Rāma Rama (; ), Ram, Raman or Ramar, also known as Ramachandra (; , ), is a major deity in Hinduism. He is the seventh and one of the most popular ''avatars'' of Vishnu. In Rama-centric traditions of Hinduism, he is considered the Supreme Being ... and Lakṣmaṇa on behest of their teacher, Viśvāmitra. ''Rāmāyaṇa'' In the ''Rāmāyaṇa'', the Viśvāmitra tells Rama and Lakṣmana the story of Tāṭakā when they reach a forest inhabited by her. Viśvāmitra states that a yakṣa named Suketu had undertaken austerities to obtain children, and was given a daughter with the strength of a thousand elephants named Tāṭakā, but not a son. When she became of age, she was married to Sunda, and gave birth to a son named Mārīca. After Sund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taraka Ratna
Nandamuri Taraka Ratna is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. After debuting in '' Okato Number Kurraadu'' (2003), he did several movies as a hero before moving on to villain roles. Early life Tarak was born on 22 February 1983 in Hyderabad. He is the grandson of Telugu actor and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. T. Rama Rao. He is the cousin of actor and producer Nandamuri Kalyan Ram and actor and television personality Jr. N.T.R and politician Nara Lokesh, the nephew of actor and politician Nandamuri Balakrishna, actor and politician Nandamuri Harikrishna and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N. Chandrababu Naidu. Career He made his debut film with '' Okato Number Kurraadu'' (2002). having K. Raghavendra Rao as the screenplay writer and producer and M. M. Keeravani as the music composer. Early on in his career, Taraka Ratna signed several films at once including ''Yuva Rathna'' (2003), ''Taarak'' (2003) and ''Bhadradri Ramudu''. He did negati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taraka, Lanao Del Sur
Taraka, officially the Municipality of Taraka (Maranao: ''Inged a Taraka''; tl, Bayan ng Taraka), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 27,184 people. The oldest mosque and the second oldest mosque in the Philippines called Baab-Ur Rahman Masjid built in Lanao del Sur was located in the town. Geography Barangays Taraka is politically subdivided into 43 barangays. Climate Demographics Economy References External links Taraka Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index* * Philippine Standard Geographic Code The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...br>Philippine Census Information [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taraka, Papua New Guinea
Taraka is a suburb of Lae in the Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The main campus for the Papua New Guinea University of Technology is located in Taraka. Location Both East Taraka and West Taraka are located 7 km from Lae on Rigel Road. A tributary for the Bumbu River meanders through Taraka. East Taraka is predominately commercial and industrial while West Taraka is mostly residential. Population In 1963 it was estimated that 10% of Lae's population lived in " Shanty-town settlements which describe both Omili and Taraka and there is evidence that these settlements have grown well above the average rate of Lae. Housing In May 1992, another study examined migrant settlement in and around Lae examining ''Tent Siti'' and ''West Taraka''.TAJIMA, Yasuhiro 1992, New Migrant settlement in Lae, ''Traditional Social Systems and Their Transformation''accessed 3 February 2014 :''Tent Siti'' :''Tensiti is situated in the northern part of the city and was first formed by pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taraka (butterfly)
''Taraka'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae that inhabit the East Asian Palearctic and Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...s. It includes the species '' Taraka hamada'', '' Taraka mahanetra'' de Nicéville, (Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Thailand) and '' Taraka shiloi'' Tamai & Guo, 2001 Sichuan. References Funet Miletinae Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by William Doherty {{Miletinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
