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Mara

noun

Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama.

Hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina. Synonym: Dolichotis patagonum.

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"Mara" Quotes from Famous Books

... read of the beginning of that sweet life, named Mara, which came into this world under the very shadow of the Death angel's wings, without having an intense desire to know how the premature bud blossomed? Again and again one lingers over the descriptions of the character of that baby boy Moses, who came through the tempest, amid the angry ...

— Ben Blair - The Story of a Plainsman • Will Lillibridge

... Mara, tempter, Evil One, Prince of this world, I know thy voice, thy meaning. The gifts thou offerest are transient treasures, And thy dominion is mere vanity. I go to found a kingdom in the realm Of the immortal state which lasts for ...

— The Buddha - A Drama in Five Acts and Four Interludes • Paul Carus

Words linked to "Mara" : genus Dolichotis, Hindu deity, rodent, gnawer, Dolichotis