taraṇa

Pali

Alternative forms

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 (in English), 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.

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