[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1839 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1839 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1839 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1839](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1839) TĀRAKA. Son of Vajrānaka. A Daitya whose austerities made him formidable to the gods, and for whose destruction Skanda, the god of war, was miraculously born. - [Previous: c5.1838](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1838) - [Next: c5.1840](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1840) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1839](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1839) · Pramāṇa