Sanskrit

Proper noun

तारक • ‎(tāraka) m

1. A name of Shiva.
2. A daitya (दैत्य) defeated by Indra and Skanda
3. (in the plural) His children
4. A demon killed by Kartikeya.
5. An enemy of Vishnu (विष्णु).
6. A friend of Simanta (सीमन्त).

Noun 1

तारक • ‎(tāraka) m

1. someone or something which delivers, in the senses of:
   1. a prayer or mantra of liberation from rebirth recited at or in preparation for death
   2. a helmsman; a ship's pilot
   3. a raft; a float
   4. a savior; a deliverer

Noun 2

तारक • ‎(tāraka) n

1. (figuratively) a star
2. (figuratively) a falling star, a meteor
3. (figuratively) the pupil of an eye
4. (figuratively) eye
5. (poetry) a meter of 13 syllables
6. (botany) colocynth

Adjective

तारक • ‎(tāraka)

1. delivering, in the senses of:
   1. causing to go or pass over; carrying over; putting across
   2. rescuing; saving; liberating
   3. protecting; preserving; helping through a difficulty
2. (figuratively) stellar; of or related to the stars, considered as rafts.

References

• "tāraka" in the Sanskrit Dictionary. Vedic Society & Sanskrit Research Institute.