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'''Tārakāsura''' ({{lang-sa|तारकासुर:}}) or '''Tāraka''' ({{lang-sa|तारक}}) '''Tharakasuran''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: | '''Tārakāsura''' ({{lang-sa|तारकासुर:}}) or '''Tāraka''' ({{lang-sa|तारक}}), '''Tharakasuran''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: தாரக்காசுரன்), '''Tarakasura''' ({{lang-te|తారకసుర}}) was a powerful ''[[asura]]'' in [[Hindu mythology|Hindu Religion]]. He was son of a powerful Asura [[Vajranaka]] and his wife Vajrangini.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sivkishen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kmVZBgAAQBAJ&q=Vajrangani&pg=PT67|title=Kingdom of Shiva|date=2015-01-23|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-81-288-3028-0|language=en}}</ref> Taraka had three sons Tarakaksha, Vidyunmāli and Kamalaksha, who were known as [[Tripurasura]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gokhale|first=Namita|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1y8nAgAAQBAJ&q=Tarakaksha%2C+Vidyunmali+Kamalaksha&pg=PT42|title=Book of Shiva|date=2012-10-23|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=978-81-8475-863-4|language=en}}</ref> | ||
{{Infobox mythological character | {{Infobox mythological character | ||
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| family = [[Vajranaka]] (father)<br> | | family = [[Vajranaka]] (father)<br> | ||
Vajrangani (mother) | Vajrangani (mother)<br>[[Diti]] (Grandmother)<br> [[Kashyapa]] (grandfather)<br> [[Aditi]] (grandmother) | ||
| children = [[Tripurasura|Tarakaksha, Vidyunmāli, Kamalaksha]] | | children = [[Tripurasura|Tarakaksha, Vidyunmāli, Kamalaksha]] | ||
| name = Tarakasura | | name = Tarakasura | ||
| species = [[Asura]] | | species = [[Asura]] | ||
| spouse = [[Shambuki]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
== Marriage with Shambuki == | |||
In that day, [[Tārakāsura|Tarakasura]] wanted to marry [[Shachi]] but Shachi rejected it, Tarakasura kept wondering to see if he can find a beautiful woman like Shachi, after that a asurani rajkumari named Shambuki fell in love with Tārakāsura in her childhood and adulthood. She was very stubborn to marry him but her father said not to marry .After seeing this [[Diti]] called him in a loud voice " Dear Tarakasura, see what I have brought for you", Tarakasura said " No grandmother I don't want to marry this woman I want to marry Shachi and kill that fool [[Indra]]" but Diti did not listen to him and did his marriage with Shambuki. Tarakasura and Shambuki had three children named [[Kamalaksha]], [[Vidyunmāli]] and [[Tarakaksha]]. | |||
== Legend == | == Legend == | ||
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==Literary references== | ==Literary references== | ||
This story is the basis for the epic [[Kumarasambhava]] (lit., birth of Kartikeya) by [[Kalidasa]]<ref>http://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/~amit/books/kalidasa-1929-kalidaser-granthabali-v2-v2.html</ref> (c. 4th century CE). The theme of the vaporised love spirit roaming free in the universe was adopted by the [[Vaishnava]]s (c. 16th century) who believe it was reincarnated in [[Vasudeva]].<ref>{{cite book | This story is the basis for the epic [[Kumarasambhava]] (lit., birth of Kartikeya) by [[Kalidasa]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/~amit/books/kalidasa-1929-kalidaser-granthabali-v2-v2.html|title=Book Excerptise: Kalidaser granthAbalI, v.2 by Kalidasa and Rajendranath Vidyabhushan (Ed.)}}</ref> (c. 4th century CE). The theme of the vaporised love spirit roaming free in the universe was adopted by the [[Vaishnava]]s (c. 16th century) who believe it was reincarnated in [[Vasudeva]].<ref>{{cite book | ||
| author = [[Prabhupada]], A.C.B.S. | | author = [[Prabhupada]], A.C.B.S. | ||
| year = 1972 | | year = 1972 | ||