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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Any of various long-eared and long-legged cavies of the genus Dolichotis, inhabiting the scrub desert and grasslands of central and southern Argentina. Also called Patagonian hare.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The Patagonian cavy, Dolichotis patachonica. See cavy.
  2. n. In Hind. myth., the tempter; the spirit of evil.

Wiktionary

  1. n. folklore A nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore.
  2. n. a rodent, scientific name Dolichotis, common in the Patagonian steppes of Argentina

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Hind. Myth.) The principal or ruling evil spirit.
  2. n. (Norse Myth.) A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.
  3. n. (Zoöl.) The Patagonian cavy, a hare-like rodent (Dolichotis patagonum or Dolichotis Patagonicus) of the pampas of Argentina.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina
  2. n. Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama

Etymologies

  1. From Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic *marōn, cognate with Old English mare or mære (Wiktionary)
  2. American Spanish mará, perhaps of Araucanian origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  5. Ferrara
  6. Fujiwara
  1. Guadalajara
  2. Guevara
  3. Lara
  4. Marmara
  5. Nara
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  4. camara
  5. cantara
  6. caracara
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  4. harra
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  2. rara
  3. samsara
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  • whichbe In Buddhism, this is a demon or evil spirit (or sometimes as simply the personification of evil) who tempted Siddharta, the original Buddha, during the time he searched for the way, and as he sat beneath the Bo Tree and meditated. When he himself could not lead Siddharta astray, he sent his three daughters--Lust, Thirst, and Desire--to attack him, but he was also able to resist them as well. Mara then sent a horde of his servant demons after Siddhartha, but the arrows and spears that the demons shot at him only turned into flowers that rained down upon him. Finally, Mara was defeated, and fled before the Buddha, who had become Enlightened. Today Mara wanders the Earth, homeless, stealing the souls of the dying.

    He is considered the lord of misfortunate, sin, destruction, and death. Mara reviles man, blinds him, guides him toward sensuous desires; once man is in his bondage, Mara is free to destroy him.

    http://www.megami-sama.net/mara/omake.php
    http://www.deliriumsrealm.com/delirium/articleview.asp?Post=293
    http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/bodhidharma/mara.html
    May 29, 2008

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