Pāli Dictionary

māra

marrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

mar1die

Synonyms

maccu

doctrine

  • death; Death personified; the killer

  • Snp 5.11

    etadaññāya ye satā, diṭṭhadhamm'ābhinibbutā, na te māravas'ānugo, na te mārassa paddhagū'ti.

  • SN 35.240

    evam'eva kho, bhikkhave, tumhe'pi māro pāpimā satataṃ samitaṃ paccupaṭṭhito, app'eva nām'āhaṃ imesaṃ cakkhuto vā otāraṃ labheyyaṃ

  • the Evil One; the Tempter; Māra (as a deity or the personification of defilements, aggregates, and worldly existence that obstructs liberation)

  • Snp 5.11

    etadaññāya ye satā, diṭṭhadhamm'ābhinibbutā, na te māravas'ānugo, na te mārassa paddhagū'ti.

  • SN 35.240

    evam'eva kho, bhikkhave, tumhe'pi māro pāpimā satataṃ samitaṃ paccupaṭṭhito, app'eva nām'āhaṃ imesaṃ cakkhuto vā otāraṃ labheyyaṃ

marati

approximate

marrootasuffix

via inflected form mara · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

byāpajjati, miyyati, mīyati

general

  • dies; is killed; loses one’s life

Encyclopedia

Māra
Other

  • The personification of death and the tempter in Buddhist cosmology, comparable to the Devil, sometimes analysed as five aspects: the aggregates, defilements, mental formations, death, and a tempter-deity.

DN 16DN 20DN 32MN 26MN 34MN 106SN 4.8SN 4.19SN 4.20SN 5.1SN 5.2SN 5.3SN 5.4SN 5.5SN 5.6SN 5.7SN 5.8SN 5.9SN 5.10SN 6.2SN 17.3SN 22.63SN 35.115SN 35.230SN 35.240SN 35.243SN 35.248SN 47.6SN 47.7SN 56.11AN 4.49AN 7.67Dhp 7Dhp 34Dhp 37Dhp 40Dhp 46Dhp 57Dhp 105Dhp 175Dhp 274Dhp 337Dhp 350Iti 38Iti 46Iti 57Iti 58Iti 59Iti 62Iti 68Iti 82Iti 93Snp 3.2Snp 3.12Snp 4.9Snp 5.11Thag 1.25Thag 21.1Thig 6.7Thig 13.5SN 4SN 5SN 23.11SN 35.114SN 23.1MN 50

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