māra | मार | mAra
māra | मार | mfn. (√ mf | म्फ़् |) killing, destroying
māra | मार | m. death, pestilence, VarBṛS.; AV.Pariś.
slaying, killing, Rājat. (cf. paṣu-m˚ | पषु-म्˚ |)
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. skanḍa- | स्कन्ड- |, kleṣa- | क्लेष- |, devaputra- | देवपुत्र- |, and mftyu-m˚ | म्फ़्त्यु-म्˚ |; 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.
māra | मार | m. death, pestilence, VarBṛS.; AV.Pariś.
slaying, killing, Rājat. (cf. paṣu-m˚ | पषु-म्˚ |)
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. skanḍa- | स्कन्ड- |, kleṣa- | क्लेष- |, devaputra- | देवपुत्र- |, and mftyu-m˚ | म्फ़्त्यु-म्˚ |; 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.