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General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Google Books: Hindu Tantric and Śākta Literature

Tārāpradīpa (ताराप्रदीप).—On the worship of Tārā, we have the Tārāpradīpa, sometimes wrongly ascribed to Lakṣmaṇadeśika; its real author was probably called Yādava. It contains about 1260 ślokas in five or six chapters it quotes i.a. the Phetkāriṇī and Yoginī Tantras and the Matsyasūkta. The first chapter mainly describes initiation; the second, worship; the third, Tārā’s “intermediate” manifestations; the fourth, rites of magic; the fifth, the mastery of mantras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Tārāpradīpa (ताराप्रदीप) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[tantric] by Lakṣmaṇa Deśika. L. 236. 284. Bik. 618.

2) Tārāpradīpa (ताराप्रदीप):—[tantric] Mentioned in Āgamatattvavilāsa.

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Tara, Pradipa.

Full-text: Lakshmana deshika.

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