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tara

an affix forming the compar. degree of adjectives and rarely (cf. vṛtra-tára) of substantives, [Suśr. i, 20, 11]

(ām), added (in older language) to adverbs (see ati-tarā́m &c.) and (in later language) to verbs ([Pañcat. i, 14, 7]; [Ratnāv. iii, 9]; [Kathās.]), intensifying their meaning

ind. with na, not at all, [BhP. x, 46, 43.]

tára mfn. (√ tṝ; g. pacādi) carrying across or beyond, saving (?, said of Śiva), [MBh. xii, 10380]

ifc. passing over or beyond, [W.]

‘surpassing, conquering’, see śoka-tará cf. rathaṃtará

excelling, w.

tára m. crossing, passage, [RV. ii, 13, 12]; [viii, 96, 1]; [Mn. viii, 404] and [407]; [Yājñ.] (ifc.), [MBh. xii]

tára m. (a-tara mfn. ‘impassable’), [Bhaṭṭ. vii, 55] (cf. dus-)

tára m. ‘excelling, conquering’, see duṣ-ṭára, su-tára, dus-

= -paṇya, [Mn. viii, 406]

a raft, [W.]

a road, [L.]

N. of a magical spell (against evil spirits supposed to possess certain weapons), [R. i, 30, 4]

fire, [W.]

N. of a man, [Rājat. vii, 809]