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māra

mfn. (√ mṛ) killing, destroying

m. death, pestilence, [VarBṛS.]; [AV.Pariś.]

slaying, killing, [Rājat.] (cf. paśu-m°)

an obstacle, hindrance, [Vās.]

the passion of love, god of love, [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]

(with Buddhists) the Destroyer, Evil One (who tempts men to indulge their passions and is the great enemy of the Buddha and his religion; four Māras are enumerated in [Dharmas. 80], viz. skandha-, kleśa-, devaputra-, and mṛtyu-m°; but the later Buddhist theory of races of gods led to the figment of millions of Māras ruled over by a chief Māra), [MWB. 208] &c.

the thorn-apple, [L.]