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Tara
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Tara

Tara is a female deity in both Hinduism and Buddhism who personifies compassion and offers salvation from the suffering of rebirth and death. She is thought to have been born of empathy for the suffering world and is regularly invoked for...
Hill of Tara
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Hill of Tara

The Hill of Tara is an ancient Neolithic Age site in County Meath, Ireland. It was known as the seat of the High Kings of Ireland, the site of coronations, a place of assembly for the enacting and reading of laws, and for religious festivals...
White Tara and Green Tara
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White Tara and Green Tara

White Tara and Green Tara, distemper on cloth painting, 1450-1500, Guge, Western Tibet. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Tara Statue
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Tara Statue

Statue of the goddess Tara. Bihar, 10th century. Indian Museum, Calcutta
Flann Sinna
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Flann Sinna

Flann Sinna (r. 879-916 CE) was a High King of Ireland from the Kingdom of Mide (Meath) and a member of the Clann Cholmain, a branch of the Southern Ui Neill dynasty. His name is pronounced “Flahn Shinna” and means “Flann of the Shannon”...
The Tara Brooch
Image by Annie Gormlie

The Tara Brooch

The Tara Brooch is a Celtic penannular brooch discovered not at Tara but on a beach near Bettystown in County Meath, Ireland. Made in the 8th century CE from gilded silver with glass, amber and enamel inlay. 8.9 centimetres (3.5 in) in diameter...
Statue of St. Patrick, Hill of Tara
Image by Joshua J. Mark

Statue of St. Patrick, Hill of Tara

Statue of St. Patrick, Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland. Erected 2000 CE.
Stone of Destiny, Hill of Tara
Image by Germán Póo-Caamaño

Stone of Destiny, Hill of Tara

The Neolithic Lia Fail (Stone of Destiny), Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland, by which the ancient kings were inaugurated.
Saint Patrick's Statue at Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland
Image by Joshua J. Mark

Saint Patrick's Statue at Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland

Saint Patrick's statue, Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland, erected in 2000 to replace an earlier work that had been destroyed.
Seated Green Tara
Image by The Art Institute of Chicago

Seated Green Tara

Goddess Green Tara seated with hand in a gesture of gift-giving (Varadamudra), gilt bronze with red pigment and gemstones, Southern Tibet, 14th century. The Art of Institute Chicago.
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