As a deity name
Name 735 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 337 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
तारण · noun · masculine
(दूसरे को) पार करने का काम । पार उतारने की क्रिया · उद्धार । निस्तार · उद्धार करने या तारनेवाला व्यक्ति — Śabdasāgara
तारण · adj
उद्धार करनेवाला । पार करनेवाला · पार करानेवाला — Śabdasāgara
तारण · tāraṇ · adj.
Causing or enabling to cross; helping over a difficulty, &c; liberating, saving — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 305
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
causing or enabling to cross, helping over a difficulty, liberating, saving, (Śiva) and (Viṣṇu), and
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Dictionary citations
tāraṇa mf(ī)n. causing or enabling to cross, helping over a difficulty, liberating, saving, MBh. xiii, 1232 (Śiva) and 6986 (Viṣṇu), Hariv. 7022 and 7941; Kathās. lxvii, 1
tāraṇa m. a float, raft, L.
tāraṇa n. crossing, safe passage
conquering (difficulties), MBh. iv, xiv; R. &c.
carrying across, liberating, saving, MBh. i, iii, ix
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