तारकः [tārakḥ] N. N. of a demon killed by Kārtikeya. [He was the son of Vajrāṅga and Varāṅgī. He propitiated the god Brahmadeva by means of his penance on the Pāriyātra mountain, and asked as a boon that he should not be killed by any one except a child seven days old. On the strength of this boon be began to oppress the gods who were obliged to go to Brahmā and ask his assistance in the destruction of the demon (see Ku.2). But they were told that the offspring of Śiva could alone vanquish him. Afterwards Kārtikeya was born, and he slew the demon on the seventh day of his birth]. -Comp.
-अरिः, -जित्, -रिपुः, -वैरिन्, -सूदन m. m. an epithet of Kārtikeya; जेयस्तारकसूदनो युधि करक्रीडत्कुठारस्य च
[P. R.4.16.] (For other senses, see under तॄ).
तारक [tāraka] a. a. (-रिका f.) [तॄ-णिच् ण्वुल्]
Carrying over.
Protecting, preserving, rescuing.
Helping another through a difficulty.
कः A pilot, helmsman.
A deliverer, saviour.
N. N. of Śiva.
-कः, -कम् -कः,
-कम् A boat, raft. (also f.)
The pupil of the eye; संदधे दृशमुदग्रतारकाम्
[R.11.69.] The eye.
A star; शान्तर्क्ष- ग्रहतारकम्
[Bhāg.1.3.1;] see तारका.