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Taranath
तारानाथSay it TAA-raa-naath
- Meaning today
- Lord of stars, the moon
- Original meaning
- "lord of the stars, the moon (tārā + nātha)" Monier-Williams, p. 444
- Say it
- TAA-raa-naath
- Written
- तारानाथ
- Other spellings
- Tharanath, Taranatha
- First sound
- ता · Tula rashi
Taranath
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Taranath meaning
Taranath (तारानाथ) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin (compound). By its first sound, ता, it is a Tula rashi name (Swati nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Lord of the stars, the moon (tārā + nātha)
Also used to mean: lord of stars
Taranath (तारानाथ) joins tārā, "a star", with nātha, "protector" or "lord", the ending of names such as Jagannath and Somnath. "Lord of the stars" is a classical way of naming the moon, and Monier-Williams records the same idea in tārāpati and tārādhipa, which it applies to the moon and also to Śiva and Bṛhaspati. Name lists give Taranath as "lord of stars" or "moon", matching these words. The name is used in many parts of India, and it was taken by the Tibetan scholar Tārānātha (1575–1634) as a mark of his love of Sanskrit learning.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 444 · entry tārā-pati · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, tārā-pati, p. 444 · Monier-Williams, nātha, p. 534 · Apte, tārā (compounds), p. 536 · Wikipedia, Taranatha
Famous namesakes
- Taranatha, Tibetan Buddhist scholar of the Jonang school
Fits your syllable
First sound ता
Swati nakshatra, pada 4 · Tula rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Taranath · Tharanath · Taranatha