tara

[apte] A Taddhita affix of the com- parative degree, added to adjecti- ves, nouns, and also to verbs and indeclinables in which latter case it is changed to tarām. It is added, like tama, to pronouns in the sense of ‘one of two,’ e. g. katara, tatara, yatara &c.

[apte] &c. See under tṝ.

[apte] a. [tṝ-bhave-ap] 1 Crossing. --2 Surpassing, excelling. --3 Conquer- ing, overpowering; cf. dustara. --raḥ 1 Passing over, crossing, passage; Bk. 7. 55. --2 Freight; dīrghādhvani ya- thādeśaṃ yathākālaṃ taro bhavet Ms. 8. 406. --3 A road. --4 A ferry-boat. --5 Fire. --Comp. --paṇyaṃ freight. --paṇyikaḥ one who receives the freight. --sthā- naṃ a landing-place, wharf.

[mw] an affix forming the compar. degree of adjectives and rarely (cf. vṛtra-t/ara) of substantives Sus3r. i, 20, 11 438,3 83021 (ām), added (in older language) to adverbs (See ati-tar/ām &c) and (in later language) to verbs (Pan5cat. i, 14, 7 Ratna7v. iii, 9 Katha1s.), intensifying their meaning 438,3 83021.1 ind. with na, not at all BhP. x, 46, 43. 053826 438,3 83021.2 ind. more or less, 87, 19 438,3 83022

[mw] mfn. (tṝ; g. pacādi) carrying across or beyond, saving (?, said of S3iva śiva) MBh. xii, 10380 438,3 83023 mfn. ifc. passing over or beyond W. 438,3 83024 mfn. surpassing, conquering, see śoka-tar/a cf. rathaṃtar/a 438,3 83025 mfn. excelling, w. 438,3 83026