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1 A Tantric goddess, numbered among the Mahāvidyās; probably introduced into Hinduism from Buddhism, via Tibet.

2 A name of Kālī.

3 In Vedic and Purāṇic mythology, the wife of Bṛhaspati.

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Tārā
in A Dictionary of Buddhism

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Tārā
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions

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Tārā
in A Dictionary of Asian Mythology

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Tara
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