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In Hinduism, Mara is the goddess of death and offerings would be placed at her altar. Though much less popular, some sects of worship do exist in India . She is an important deity worshipped by ethnic groups across South Asia, including the Kalash people and once by the Nuristani peoples , indicating her prominence in Vedic times.
Mara (Hindu goddess), the goddess of death according to Hindu mythology. Mṛtyu-māra as death in Buddhism or Māra, a "demon" of the Buddhist cosmology, the personification of Temptation. Yama (Sanskrit: यम) is the god of death and the underworld in Hinduism and Buddhism. Yama in Hinduism. Yama in Buddhism.
Mara, [note 1] in Buddhism, is a malignant celestial Asura king who tried to stop Prince Siddhartha from Awakening by trying to seduce him with his celestial Army and a vision of beautiful women who, in various legends, are often said to be Mara's daughters.
Mara , an evil being in two Doctor Who serials Mara (She-Ra) , fictional characters from the She-Ra and the Princesses of Power and The New Adventures of He-Man animated series Mara Davis/Mara David/Mara del Valle, a character from Philippine drama series Mara Clara (1992 TV series) and Mara Clara (2010 TV series)
The word mare comes (through Middle English mare) from the Old English feminine noun mære (which had numerous variant forms, including mare, mere, and mær). [2] Likewise are the forms in Old Norse/Icelandic mara [3] as well as the Old High German mara [5] (glossed in Latin as "incuba " [6]), [7] while the Middle High German forms are mar, mare, [8] [10]
In Hinduism, the new- and full-moon nights are discouraged times for procreation and consequently often associated with citrarata [definition needed] or unusual types of intercourse. [ 15 ] The Bhagavata Purana (6.18.3-6) lists Varuna and Mitra as having children through ayoni or non-vaginal sex.
Mara or Mra (also known as Mura) refers to a tribe in Arunachal Pradesh. The Mara (Mra) inhabit in Limeking in Upper Subansiri , just south of Taksing which is inhabited by the Nga (or Na). Like other Tagins , the Mara subscribe to the Donyi Polo faith but have come under considerable Tibetan Buddhist influence as a result of centuries of ...
Apsaras on Hindu Temple at Banares, 1913. The origin of 'apsara' is the Sanskrit अप्सरस्, apsaras (in the stem form, which is the dictionary form). Note that the stem-form ends in 's' as distinct from, e.g. the nominative singular Rāmas / Rāmaḥ (the deity Ram in Hindi), whose stem form is Rāma.