Tara Devi = Kuan Yin

[Guest guest]

Thank you megalith6

 

Sorry couldnt respond to your earlier.

 

I got the translation of the lalitha with regards to their reference

to 'Star' and 'Venus' and thought that it is rather interesting.

Maybe its time for me to ask our Sanskrit expert here in this group.

 

About Venus, I was told that Venus is sometimes known as the

twin star, probably because she is best known as the morning and the

evening star. Her lustre outshines any other heavenly body except the

sun and the moon.

 

Ishtar was also sometimes thought of as Male when in the morning

star, and female when the evening star.

[Guest guest]

Hello Nora,

 

, "Nora"

<ashwini_puralasamy> wrote:

> Thank you megalith6

>

> Sorry couldnt respond to your earlier.

>

> I got the translation of the lalitha with regards to their

reference

> to 'Star' and 'Venus' and thought that it is rather interesting.

> Maybe its time for me to ask our Sanskrit expert here in this

group.

 

So, presumably 'tara' can translate as both 'star' and 'Venus'?

> About Venus, I was told that Venus is sometimes known as the

> twin star, probably because she is best known as the morning and

the

> evening star. Her lustre outshines any other heavenly body except

the

> sun and the moon.

>

> Ishtar was also sometimes thought of as Male when in the morning

> star, and female when the evening star.

 

Yes, I sometimes wonder if, what is meant is that, Ishtar in a

'masculine aspect' of warrior, pertains to her appearance as the

Morning Star, in this instance?

 

There is an ancient cylinder seal, Akkad period, c. 2334-2154 BCE,

showing Ishtar with her foot on a rampant lion - which graphically

illustrates her fierce aspect - as well as evoking the imagery of

beloved Durga.

 

Namaste,

 

m6