Tara (Hindu goddess)
Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:For Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:Infobox deity Template:IAST is the Hindu goddess of felicity and sanguineness. She is also known as the "Wisdom Goddess" in Nepal and Tibet. Tara is the consort of Hindu god Brihaspati, the god of planet Jupiter. According to some Puranas, Tara sired or mothered a child named Budha, the god of Mercury through Chandra and had a son named Kacha through Brihaspati.
Story
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} According to the Devi Bhagvata Purana and Padma Purana, Tara was the wife of Brihaspati, the guru of Devas. As her husband spent most of his time with the problems and matters of Devas, she felt ignored by her husband. One day, Chandra, the moon god visited Brihaspati. There he saw Tara and was captivated by her beauty. Tara also fell for Chandra due to his beautiful form, and the two ran away.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Brihaspati, lovesick and infuriated, demanded Chandra to return his wife. Chandra told Brihaspati that Tara was happy and satisfied with him. He enquired as to how an old man could be the husband of a young woman. This made Brihaspati more annoyed and he warned Chandra for battle. Indra and other Devas gathered to fight a war. Chandra was not ready to give Tara back and he took help from the Asuras and their preceptor, Sukra. The Devas were assisted by Shiva and his companions. Devas and Asura were about to fight a war, but Brahma, the creator god, stopped them and convinced Chandra to return Tara, who came back pregnant.
A legal proceeding went down. Bhrihaspati and Chandra both claimed that the child was theirs. Tara stood there shy, and refused to answer who the actual father of the child was no matter how much anyone tried to make her quit her silence. Exasperated, even the child in her belly finally asked 'of whose seed was I born, mother?' This made Tara answer that that the child was Chandra's. However, Brahma still decided that since Tara was legally Bhrihaspati's wife, the baby is also legally his. Bhrihaspati only wanted his wife, not his wife's affair child. So he cursed the child,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Budha,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> to be born without gender. The child thus, after growing up, preferred the company of his biological father over his foster one, and his son Pururvas went on to establish the lunar dynasty named after his biological grandfather.The Padma Purana skips this entire legal battle, and instead after Tara confesses that the child is Chandra's, Chandra takes the baby and blesses him by placing him in the solar system. Here, Budha is genderless just because he can be, without further reasons provided on the why.
In some other Puranic versions, Tara is abducted by Chandra and raped. The storyline following this is the same regarding the birth of Budha.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Beyond the Indian subcontinent and Hinduism
She is known as Kirinei Devi (Template:Langx) in Cambodia as the wife of Lord Brihaspati From the hinduism culture passed down from the Khmer Empire and is the protective goddess of Thursday, worshipped during the Cambodian New Year festival if the first day of the year falls on a Thursday according to the Cambodian calendar (Template:Langx) , as she is believed to descend from heaven to care for the people of this land for one year until the following New Year. In her journey there are some special details that are local and mixed with have cambodia folk culture Unique, such as the vehicle is a Elephant. , It appears with only two hands and has the following symbol as ankusha and Bow and arrow , The color of her clothes is Green and Her story and details have been adapted and blended with influences cambodia buddhism and has its own unique identity.<ref>Min Saes (Braḥ Mahā.) (1942) Brahma Chariyakathā, Bibliothèque Royale, Publisher: Royal Library of Cambodia p.185</ref><ref>Astrologer Nhim Pen (1947) Cambodia Calendar, Contributor: William J. Gedney, Publisher: Association Sutharot, Original from the University of Michigan p.118</ref>
See also
References
- Dowson's Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology
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