Tarakaripu, Tārakaripu, Taraka-ripu: 2 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tārakaripu (तारकरिपु).—m. an epithet of Kārtikeya; जेयस्तारकसूदनो युधि करक्रीडत्कुठारस्य च (jeyastārakasūdano yudhi karakrīḍatkuṭhārasya ca) P. R.4.16. (For other senses, see under tṝ).

Derivable forms: tārakaripuḥ (तारकरिपुः).

Tārakaripu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tāraka and ripu (रिपु). See also (synonyms): tārakāri, tārakajit, tārakavairin, tārakasūdana.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tārakaripu (तारकरिपु):—[=tāraka-ripu] [from tāraka > tāra] m. = -jit, [Mahāvīra-caritra ii, 35.]

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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.

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