Tarani, Taraṇī, Tāraṇi, Tāraṇī, Tara-ani: 23 definitions
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Tarani means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Taraṇi (तरणि) [?] (in Chinese: To-lo-ni) is the name of an ancient kingdom associated with Dhaniṣṭhā or Dhaniṣṭhanakṣatra, as mentioned in chapter 18 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—Chapter 18 deals with geographical astrology and, in conversation with Brahmarāja and others, Buddha explains how he entrusts the Nakṣatras [e.g., Dhaniṣṭhā] with a group of kingdoms [e.g., Taraṇi] for the sake of protection and prosperity.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Tāraṇī (तारणी) refers to “one who enables crossing (the ocean of poverty)”, according to the Kalaśa Pūjā [i.e., Kalasha Worship] ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “Homage always to Vasundharā, enabling to cross an ocean of poverty (dāridra-arṇava-tāraṇī), Goddess of the beloved art of worship, granting the success of Lakṣmī, [Recite Lakṣmī stotra] Śrī Lakṣmī, Mahādevī, bestowing success in everything, A goddess granting all pleasure, Mahālakṣmī, I give homage”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
India history and geography
Taraṇī (तरणी) is the name of a Poet mentioned in the 13th century Saduktikarṇāmrita by Śrīdhara Dāsa (son of Vaṭu Dāsa) who was a chief over several districts (called a mahāmaṇḍalika).—The Sadukti-Karnamrita is a collection of miscellaneous verses by different authors and on various subjects, five verses being devoted to each subject. There are 446 poets identified (for example, Taraṇī) some of which in the feminine gender (intended for females) while others are of Buddhist monks etc.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
1) Tarani in India is the name of a plant defined with Calotropis gigantea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Madorius giganteus Kuntze (among others).
2) Tarani is also identified with Pavetta indica It has the synonym Ixora pavetta Andrews (etc.).
3) Tarani is also identified with Rosa damascena It has the synonym Rosa x damascena Mill. (etc.).
4) Tarani is also identified with Tarenna asiatica It has the synonym Webera cerifera Moon (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Botanisk tidsskrift (1902)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan (1932)
· Hand-Book Fl. Ceylon (1931)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ (1832)
· Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan (1939)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Tarani, for example extract dosage, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, side effects, chemical composition, health benefits, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
taraṇī : (f.) a ship; a boat.
1) taraṇi (တရဏိ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[tara+aṇi．taraṇa+i．rū．679．]
[တရ+အဏိ။ တရဏ+ဣ။ရူ။ ၆၇၉။]
2) taraṇī (တရဏီ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[tara+yu+ī．taranti yāyataraṇī,yu,nadādi．,ṭī．666．]
[တရ+ယု+ဤ။ တရန္တိ ယာယတရဏီ၊ ယု၊ နဒါဒိ။ ဓာန်၊ ဋီ။ ၆၆၆။]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) taraṇi—
(Burmese text): (၁) လှေ၊ သင်္ဘော၊ ရေယာဉ်။ (၂) နေ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Boat, ship, vessel. (2) Sun.
2) taraṇī—
(Burmese text): လှေ၊ သင်္ဘော၊ ရေယာဉ်။
(Auto-Translation): Boat, ship, watercraft.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
taraṇi (तरणि).—m S The sun. 2 f A ship, boat, or raft.
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taraṇī (तरणी).—f S A boat, ship, vessel, raft.
taraṇi (तरणि).—m The sun. f Also taraṇī A ship.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Taraṇi (तरणि).—&c. See under तॄ (tṝ).
See also (synonyms): tara, taraṇa, taraṇḍa, tari, tarīṣa.
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Taraṇi (तरणि).—a. [tṝ-ani] Ved.
1) Passing through, pervading (as the sun).
2) Quick, energetic, unremitting; विपश्चितं तरणिं भ्राजमानम् (vipaścitaṃ taraṇiṃ bhrājamānam) Av.13.2.4.
3) Saving, carrying over, benevolent.
-ṇiḥ 1 The sun; 'तरणिर्द्युमणौ पुंसि कुमारीनौकयोः स्त्रियाम् (taraṇirdyumaṇau puṃsi kumārīnaukayoḥ striyām) Medinī.
2) A ray of light.
3) The Arka plant.
4) Copper.
-ṇiḥ, -ṇī f. A raft, boat.
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Tāraṇi (तारणि) or Tāraṇī (तारणी).—A float, raft.
Derivable forms: tāraṇiḥ (तारणिः).
Taraṇi (तरणि).—f. (Sanskrit Lex., used of various plants and flowers), a kind of flower: °ṇiḥ Mahāvyutpatti 6207; Lalitavistara 11.3, reading of ms. H in Crit. App. °ṇī; Tibetan in both places trans- literates ta ra ṇi or °ni.
Taraṇi can also be spelled as Taraṇī (तरणी).
Taraṇi (तरणि).—m.
(-ṇiḥ) 1. The sun. 2. A ray of light. 3. A float or raft. f. (-ṇiḥ- or -ṇī) 1. A boat. 2. The Socotrine aloe, (A perfoliata.) 3. A plant, (Hibiscus mutabilis.) E. tṝ to cross, Unadi affix karaṇe karmaṇi bhāve vā lyuṭ.
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Tāraṇi (तारणि).—f.
(-ṇiḥ) A boat. E. tṝ to pass over, ṇi or aṇi aff.
Taraṇi (तरणि).—i. e. tṛ10 + ani, I. adj., f. ṇī, Overcoming, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 14078. Ii. m. 1. The sun, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 1, 30. 2. (? or f.), A boat, [Prabodhacandrodaya, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 83, 10.
Taraṇi (तरणि).—[adjective] running through or onward, quick, fleet; eager, ardent; helpful, favourable; [masculine] the sun.
1) Taraṇī (तरणी):—[from taraṇa > tara] f. = ṇi, a boat, [Harivaṃśa 14078] ([varia lectio] riṇī)
2) [v.s. ...] Hibiscus mutabilis, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] = ṇī-vallī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Taraṇi (तरणि):—[from tara] mfn. moving forwards (as the sun etc.), quick, untired, energetic, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda xiii, 2, 4 and 36]
5) [v.s. ...] carrying over, saving, helping, benevolent, [Ṛg-veda; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa ii, 7, 13, 2]
6) [v.s. ...] m. the sun, [Kapila’s Sāṃkhya-pravacana iii, 13; Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, viii, x; Rājataraṅgiṇī; Śārṅgadhara-paddhati]
7) [v.s. ...] Calotropis gigantea, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] a ray of light, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] f. = ṇī, a boat, [Prabodha-candrodaya; Vopadeva; Śatruṃjaya-māhātmya]
10) [v.s. ...] Aloe perfoliata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (also ṇī [Scholiast or Commentator])
11) [v.s. ...] cf. go-, saṃsāra-.
12) Tāraṇi (तारणि):—[from tāraṇa > tāra] f. = tar, a boat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
1) Taraṇi (तरणि):—(ṇiḥ) 2. m. The sun; a ray; a float. f. (ṇiḥ-ṇī) A boat; a plant.
2) Tāraṇi (तारणि):—(ṇiḥ) 1. m. A boat.
Taraṇi (तरणि):—
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Tāraṇi (तारणि):—f. = taraṇi Boot, Schiff [Hārāvalī 59.]
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Taraṇi (तरणि):—
2) [Spr. 1686.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 14, 26. 83, 36.]
Taraṇi (तरणि):——
1) Adj. — a) die Bahn durchlaufend , vorwärts dringend , rasch , unverdrossen , energisch. — b) hinüberbringend , rettend , hülfreich. —
2) m. — a) die Sonne. — b) *Calotropis gigantea. — c) *Strahl. —
3) f. ṇi und ṇī — a) Boot , Schiff [Harivaṃśa 14078.] — b) *Aloe perfoliata. —
4) *f. ṇī — a) Hibiscus mutabilis. — b) Rosa glandulifera [Rājan 10,129.]
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Tāraṇi (तारणि):—f. Boot , Schiff.
Taraṇi (तरणि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Taraṇi.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Taraṇi (तरणि):—(nm) the sun; (nf) a boat.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Taraṇi (तरणि) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Taraṇi.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Taraṇi (ತರಣಿ):—
1) [noun] = ತರಣ [tarana]3.
2) [noun] the sun.
3) [noun] a kind of mystical missile that was believed to discharge light of high intensity.
4) [noun] the plant Pavetta indica of Rubiaceae family.
5) [noun] the plant Tarenna asiatica (= Chomelia asiatica, = Webera corymbosa) of Rubiaceae family.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Taraṇi (தரணி) noun < taraṇi.
1. The sun; சூரியன். (பிங்கலகண்டு) தரணியென விருளகல [suriyan. (pingalagandu) tharaniyena virulagala] (திருப்போரூர்ச் சந்நிதி பெரியகட். [thirupporurs sannithi periyagad.] 2, 2).
2. Boat; படகு. [padagu.]
3. Physician; மருத்துவன். மருத்துவனுக்குத் தரணி எனக் காரணக்குறியாயிற்று [maruthuvan. maruthuvanukkuth tharani enag karanakkuriyayirru] (சிவஞானசித்தியார் சுபக்ஷம் [sivagnanasithiyar supagsham] 2, 4, சிவஞா. [sivagna.]).
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Taraṇi (தரணி) noun < dharaṇi. Earth; பூமி. தரணிமேற் றிலகமன்னாய் [pumi. tharanimer rilagamannay] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 1178).
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Taraṇi (தரணி) noun < dharaṇi-dhara. Hill, mountain; வைத்திய மலையகராதி (பிங்கலகண்டு) [vaithiya malaiyagarathi (pingalagandu)]
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Taraṇi (தரணி) noun < English Attorney; நியாய வாதி. [niyaya vathi.] (J.)
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Tāraṇi (தாரணி) noun < dharaṇi. Earth; பூமி. தசரதன் மதலையா வருதுந் தாரணி [pumi. thasarathan mathalaiya varuthun tharani] (கம்பராமாயணம் திருவவ. [kambaramayanam thiruvava.] 22).
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Tāraṇi (தாரணி) noun probably from dharaṇi-dhara, Mountain; வைத்திய மலையகராதி எழுதாரணிதிகழ் தோளண்ணலே [vaithiya malaiyagarathi ezhutharanithigazh tholannale] (மருதூ. [maruthurandathi] 45).
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Tāraṇi (தாரணி) noun probably from taraṇi-tanaya. Yama; யமன். தாரணியெனத் தனது தண்டுகொடு [yaman. tharaniyenath thanathu thandugodu] (மகாபாரதம் மணிமான். [magaparatham maniman.] 42).
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Tāraṇi (தாரணி) [tāraṇittal] 11 transitive verb < தாரணம். [tharanam.] To bear; தரித்தல். வானநீரினாற் றாரணித் தங்கொரு மலையிற் றங்கினான் [tharithal. vananirinar raranith thangoru malaiyir ranginan] (கம்பராமாயணம் அயோமுகி. [kambaramayanam ayomugi.] 93).
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Partial matches (+0): Ao, Yu, Yu, I, Ani, Tara.
Starts with (+0): Tarani-kumngida, Tarani-varikal, Taranibha, Taranidhanya, Taranika, Taranikamta, Taranikara, Taranilaya, Taraninandin, Taranipan, Taranipetaka, Taraniratna, Taranitanaya, Taranitva, Taranivalli, Taranividhi, Taraniya, Taraniyatthera.
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