Mara, Māra, Marā: 34 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMara (मर):—(von 1. mar) m. v.l. für mada im gaṇa pacādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 134.] Tod; die Welt des Sterbens so v. a. die Erde [Aitareyopaniṣad 1, 2.] marāḥ [Harivaṃśa 8464] fehlerhaft fur narāḥ, wie die neuere Ausg. hat. — Vgl. a, durmara, nṛ .
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Māra (मार):—(von 1. mar)
1) adj. (f. ī) am Ende eines comp. tödtend, vernichtend. —
2) m. a) Tod, Pestilenz [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 446.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 77.] kṣunmārakṛt [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 3, 31.] kṣunmārāvṛṣṭida [5, 23.] jana Pestilenz [Pariśiṣṭa des Atharvaveda 74, 84.] — b) Tödtung [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 372.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 18, 22.] jinasyeva māravidveṣiṇaḥ prabhoḥ [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 7.] a [57. 256.] aśeṣaprāṇināmāsīdamāro daśa vatsarān [5, 64. 119.] bastamāravipannā (vgl. paśumāra) gestorben wie ein Bock, den man abthut, d. i. plötzlichen oder krampfhaften Todes gestorben [Suśruta 1, 279,] [?8; vgl. 118, 16.] — c) Hinderniss [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 367.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [VĀSAVAD. 14.] — d) der Liebesgott, Geschlechtsliebe [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 20.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi] [?227.Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha Medinīkoṣa Halāyudha 1, 32. Harivaṃśa 14912. fgg. Kathāsaritsāgara 7, 62. 36, 88. 92. 66, 90. Gītagovinda 3, 14. VĀSAVAD. 14. NALOD. 1, 17. 3, 35.] śakti [PAÑCAR. 3, 15, 71.] māraḥ kāmādhipatiḥ [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 148, 15.] vallī [Kathāsaritsāgara 72, 286.] mārāṅka [Gītagovinda 12, 12.] Bei den Buddhisten ist Māra (auch pl.) der Versucher, der Teufel; er erhält das Beiwort pāpīyaṃs [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 327, 2. 375, 8. 10. 397, 8. 9] (mārapāpīyaṃs) . [?404, 5; Burnouf 76. fg. 133. 398. Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 8. 90. 385. Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s, Lebensb. 244. (14.) fg. 296 (66). Hiouen-Thsang 1, 374. 473. 2, 22. KÖPPEN 1, 74 u.s.w.] vadhūbhiḥ, vīraiḥ [Oxforder Handschriften 349,b, No. 821.] camū [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 171.] vier Arten desselben [VYĀḌI] zu [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 235.] — e) Stechapfel [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) f. ī Pestilenz [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa 4te] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 117. 120.] janamārīmaya pestilenzartig d. h. Pestilenz bedeutend [Pariśiṣṭa des Atharvaveda 74, 98.] Personif. als Todesgöttin: he lokā iha yuṣmākamuparyadya patiṣyati . sarvasaṃhāriṇī mārī [Kathāsaritsāgara 12, 178. 183. fg.] mārī mama gṛhe bhāryā praviṣṭā [17, 90.] mit der Durgā identificirt [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 53.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 60.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] mārī triśūlena jaghāna cānyāṃkhaṭvāṅgapātairaparāṃśca kauśikī [VĀMANA-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 52 im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. agha, aja, aśva, ahi, kṣudhā, khaḍgi, tṛṣṇā, devaputra, dhundhu, nagha, paśu (paśumāreṇa auch [Mahābhārata 10, 531.] paśumāram auch [4, 775. 10, 337]), śiśu, bhūtamārī, bhṛṅga, bhramara, mahā .
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Māra (मार):—
3) (so ist [Sp. 737, Z. 10] st. 2 zu lesen) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 56, 11.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMara (मर):—m. —
1) das Sterben , Tod. —
2) die Welt des Sterbens , die Erde. —
3) Pl. Höllenbewohner [Āryabhaṭa 4,12.] — marāḥ [Harivaṃśa 8464] fehlerhaft für narāḥ.
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Māra (मार):——
1) Adj. am Ende eines Comp. tödtend , vernichtend. —
2) m. — a) Tod , Pestilenz. — b) Tödtung. — c) Hinderniss. — d) der Liebesgott , die Geschlechtsliebe. — e) bei den Buddhisten der Versucher , Teufel (mit dem Beiw. pāpīyaṃs). Auch Pl. — f) *Stechapfel. —
3) f. ī — a) Tödtung [Jayadeva's Prasannarāghava 59,17.] — b) Pestilenz. Personificirt als Todesgöttin. — c) Beiname der Durgā.
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Starts with (+918): Mahahammattu, Mara hatthi, Mara macho, Mara manjal, Mara oudala, Mara Samyutta, Mara suthu balli, Mara Sutta, Mara thumbe, Mara-ancaraipetti, Mara-kalavelvi, Mara-kkadamai, Mara-maccativilai, Mara-manjadi, Mara-mara, Mara-nilaiaram, Mara-nilaiinpam, Mara-nilaiporul, Mara-pillaicurru, Mara-shaak.
Ends with (+1181): Aaladamara, Aalamar mara, Aaptha mara, Abhayakumara, Abhicakumara, Abhichakumara, Abhimara, Acamara, Accumara, Adavi-bende-mara, Addamara, Adhamara, Adhirajakumara, Adhmara, Adike mara, Admara, Adushitakaumara, Aenne mara, Agasemara, Agathis dammara.
Full-text (+2303): Devaputramara, Skandhamara, Kleshamara, Mrityumara, Maratmaka, Marakayika, Caturmara, Namuci, Ashvamara, Durmara, Rojamara, Bastamaram, Guptaghala, Marajit, Abhimara, Maramaram, Marana, Upasamara, Pashumaram, Marakkalam.
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Search found 142 books and stories containing Mara, Māra, Maṟa, Mārā, Marā, Maraa; (plurals include: Maras, Māras, Maṟas, Mārās, Marās, Maraas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Bodhisattva quality 12: having passed beyond the works of Māra < [Chapter X - The Qualities of the Bodhisattvas]
III. The procession to bodhi < [Part 10 - Looking in the manner of the elephant, etc.]
The Gośṛṅgasūtra < [III. Recollection of the community (saṃgānusmṛti)]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 5 - Vanquishing Vasavatti Mara (Devaputta Mara) < [Chapter 7 - The Attainment of Buddhahood]
Part 5 - Māra’s Threat to Rāhula < [Chapter 32b - The Buddha’s Fourteenth Vassa at Savatthi]
Part 3 - Story of Māra and Mahā Moggallāna < [Chapter 26 - The Buddha’s Eighth Vassa at the Town of Susumaragira]
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 40 - The Story of Five Hundred Monks < [Chapter 3 - Citta Vagga (Mind)]
Verse 175 - The Story of Thirty Monks < [Chapter 13 - Loka Vagga (World)]
Verse 349-350 - Young Archer the Wise < [Chapter 24 - Taṇhā Vagga (Craving)]
Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology (by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri)
The defeat of Māra < [Chapter 3 - Amarāvatī and the Formative Stage of the Buddhist Art]
Khadiraṅgāra Jātaka < [Chapter 3 - Amarāvatī and the Formative Stage of the Buddhist Art]
The Flaming Pillar (Agniskanda) < [Chapter 3 - Amarāvatī and the Formative Stage of the Buddhist Art]
The Gospel of Buddha (by Paul Carus)
Chapter 11 - Mara, The Evil One
Chapter 93 - The Buddha Announces His Death
Mara, The Personification Of Evil
The Twelve-spoked Wheel Of Dhamma < [Forty-five Years Of Teaching]
He Becomes The Tathagata < [The Awakening]
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