Tārā
mythological figure · 4 works · 16 mentions · 41 anchored passages
Tāra · Lady Tārā · Divine Lady Tārā · TĀRĀMOGHASIDDHIPRIYĀ · beloved of Amoghasiddhi · father of Tārā · monkey minister · the Divine Lady Tārā
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Vālin's wife, whose lamentation after his death is pacified.
The destruction of Vālin, the installation of Sugrīva, the pacification of Tārā's lamentation, and the sojourn of the rainy season nights —
To Tārā who spoke thus — she whose face resembles the lord of stars — Vālī spoke words of rebuke and said this:
Then Tārā, that sweet-spoken one, embraced Vālī and, weeping softly, performed the auspicious circumambulation of him.
San Hyan Kamahayanikan
Goddess embodying upekṣā (equanimity), one of the Five Goddesses.
The Divine Lady Tārā is the embodiment of *upekṣā*.
*LOCANĀ IS TO BE KNOWN AS MAITRĪ, MĀMAKĪ IS CONSIDERED KARUṆĀ,* *MUDITĀ IS PĀṆḌARAVĀSINĪ, UPEKṢĀ IS REMEMBERED AS TĀRĀ.
* *MĀMAKĪ RATNASAMBHAVAḤ PĀṆḌARAVĀSINĪDEVĪ* *AMITĀBHAPATI JÑEYAS TĀRĀMOGHASIDDHIPRIYĀ.
Caryāmelāpakapradīpa
Goddess identified with the wind element among the tantric consort-goddesses.
wind is proclaimed [the consort] Tārā.
wind is proclaimed [as] Tārā.