taraṇa

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀢𑀭𑀡 (Brahmi script)
  • तरण (Devanagari script)
  • তরণ (Bengali script)
  • තරණ (Sinhalese script)
  • တရဏ or တရꧣ (Burmese script)
  • ตรณ or ตะระณะ (Thai script)
  • ᨲᩁᨱ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຕຣຓ or ຕະຣະຓະ (Lao script)
  • តរណ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄖𑄢𑄕 (Chakma script)

Etymology

tar +‎ -ana

Noun

taraṇa n

  1. crossing over, traversing
    • c. 500 AD, Dhatumañjusa; republished in Dines Andersen & Helmer Smith, The Pāli Dhātupāṭha and the Dhātumañjūsā, Copenhagen: Andr. Fred. Host & son, 1921, page 36:
      62. Tara taraṇasmiṃ thara santharaṇe
      bhara bharaṇasmiṃ phara sampharaṇe
      sara gati-cintā-hiṃsā-sadde
      phura calanādo hara haraṇamhi
      62. Tar for crossing, thar for spreading, / bhar for supporting, phar for pervasion, / sar for motion, thought, crushing and noise, / phur for shaking, har for taking.

Declension

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References
  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “taraṇa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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