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Sanskrit · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos

Tara

तारा
Meaning

A star; also the pupil of the eye — the twinkling point of light.

See it in the verse

Tara in Iqbal’s couplets

Uruj-e-adam-e-khaki se anjum sahme jaate hain
Ki ye toota hua tara mah-e-kamil na ban jaaye
The stars take fright at the rise of the human being of dust — afraid that this broken star may yet become a full moon.
Aspiration · Hope · Selfhood
Related words
ARABIC

Anjum / Sitara

Stars (anjum) / a star (sitara).

SANSKRIT

Nakshatra

A star or lunar mansion; one of the 27 constellations of Vedic astrology.

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