Tārā

Summary

Tārā is a Bodhisattva^[1]. She draws 1,044 Wikipedia views per month (bodhisattva category, ranking #3 of 23).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tārā's image is recorded as Green Tara, Kumbum, Gyantse, Tibet, 1993.jpg^[3].
• Tārā is recorded as female^[4].
• Tārā's instance of is recorded as Bodhisattva^[5].
• Tārā's instance of is recorded as Buddhist mythology^[6].
• Tārā's instance of is recorded as Hindu mythology^[7].
• Tārā's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 42638645^[8].
• Tārā's GND ID is recorded as 11901033X^[9].
• Tārā's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2018242593^[10].
• Tārā's part of is recorded as Q134437001^[11].
• Tārā's Commons category is recorded as Tārā (Buddhism)^[12].
• Tārā's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04gr05^[13].
• Tārā's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as jo2016908774^[14].
• Tārā's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Taras^[15].
• Tārā's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0065212^[16].
• Tārā's described by source is recorded as A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms^[17].
• Tārā's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Tara-Buddhist-goddess^[18].
• Tārā's CERL Thesaurus ID is recorded as cnp00544836^[19].
• Tārā's different from is recorded as Tara^[20].
• Tārā's incarnation of is recorded as Avalokiteśvara^[21].
• Tārā's Getty Iconography Authority ID is recorded as 901001903^[22].
• Tārā's Larousse ID is recorded as divers/Tara/145970^[23].
• Tārā's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987008982788505171^[24].
• Tārā's Lex ID is recorded as Tara^[25].
• Tārā's World History Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Tara_(Goddess)^[26].
• Tārā's IxTheo authority ID is recorded as 695649388^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Tārā include 5863 Tara^[28], an asteroid^[29].

Why It Matters

Tārā draws 1,044 Wikipedia views per month (bodhisattva category, ranking #3 of 23).^[2] She has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] She is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for her include 5863 Tara^[28], an asteroid^[29].