A female Daitya, daughter of the Yaksha, Suketu or the demon Sunda, and mother of Maricha. She was changed into a Rakshasi by Agastya, and lived in t... more

Taraka (Sanskrit: तारक) is a male daitya, Son of Vajranaka, whose powers were so great that the gods grew alarmed, and Skanda, the god of war, was born in order to defeat him. ----