तारकासुर (tArakAsura)

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पुराणम्

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तारक १ / TĀRAKA (tārakāsura) I. An asura chief (demon). This demon even while he was very young did penance to propitiate śiva and got a boon to the effect that none other than a son born to śiva should be able to kill him. He became arrogant with the power of this boon and soon became a terror to the world. Then to kill tārakāsura subrahmaṇya was born as the son of śiva. In the great battle between the devas and the asuras tāraka was killed by subrahmaṇya.
tārakāsura was the father of tārākṣa,  kamalākṣa and Vidyunmālika. (See under subrahmaṇya). (Śloka 5,  Chapter 33,  karṇa Parva). 

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