Tara

TAH-rah

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The name Tara means “star, hill, goddess.” It comes from the Hindi language tradition.

Tara is a Sanskrit name meaning 'star' and is also a revered goddess in both Hindu and Buddhist traditions. In Hinduism, Tara is a form of the goddess Durga. In Tibetan Buddhism, she is the mother of liberation. The name also appears in Irish mythology as the Hill of Tara, the seat of the High Kings.

Wiktionary gives Tara more than one root depending on tradition: in Irish use it traces to Teamhair, glossed as high place, by way of a fictional plantation name that was itself named for the Irish site, and in a separate entry it traces to a Sanskrit-linked root meaning to cross or to overcome, tied to Tara's role as a goddess in Hindu and Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The sources don't independently confirm the star meaning often given, though it is consistent with common accounts of the Sanskrit name.

Wiktionary also documents Tara as a Tibetan Buddhist deity with several colored forms, including Green, Blue, Red, White and Yellow Tara, reflecting the name's separate religious history in that tradition.

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