Tara (from another list)

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Good evening,

 

Venus is known as Shuktara in Bengali, and Sitara in India. The

Indian name perhaps explains the Tibetan 'Sita Tara', or White Tara

 

http://makeashorterlink.com/?R227327F7

 

Some have claimed that the Goddess Tara is to be identified with the

North or Pole Star, Dhruva-tara. However, a brief look at Vedic

mythology appears to contradict this view entirely, since Dhruva is a

male divinity, with a mythos of his own.

 

I have also noticed that there is a beautiful mosque in Dacca called

Sitara Mosque

 

http://user.tninet.se/~nnu486m/resa2/2-2.jpg

 

and at the following link, is a further reference

to the star in Islam, being referred to as 'Sitara',

(6th row down) -

 

http://indiaclips.tripod.com/

 

Which does not greatly surprise me, considering the Prophet's

daughter's name: Fatima Al-Zahra.

 

There are many variations on the noun 'Al-Zahra', but it may be

broadly translated as 'flower', 'radiant', 'Venus'. Note also the

similarity between the names Zahra and Tara; the Romani divinity St

Sara may also be incuded in this cultural comparison.

 

The 'eyes' on Sita Tara's feet, and especially on the palms of her

hands (above), present a suprising visual parallel, perhaps, with

Fatima's symbol - especially in Morocco: the hand-plus-eye, which

might arguably be compared with a star

 

http://www.nemo.org/nuevo/imgs/fatimastick.jpg

 

Which brings us back to Tara.

 

Namaste all,

 

m6