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Māra
[ mahr-uh ]
noun
- Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Buddhism. Satan, who tried to seduce the Buddha at the time of his Enlightenment.
mara
1/ məˈrɑː /
noun
- a harelike South American rodent, Dolichotis patagonum, inhabiting the pampas of Argentina: family Caviidae (cavies)
mara
2/ maˈra /
noun
- one of several organized criminal gangs of Central American origin also operating in the US
Word History and Origins
Origin of Māra1
Origin of Māra2
Example Sentences
Khoroshilov assisted Zan for such shows as Kaelen, The Academy or Art, Mara Hoffman, J.Crew, and Greg Lauren.
The majority of the violence in Honduras is carried out by two main gangs, Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, and Barrio 18.
A sterling cast led by Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman, Rebecca Hall, Kate Mara, and Paul Bettany.
Harold and Mara remarried after nearly 30 years of living in sin, smoked a last joint together, and that was it.
As one story goes, Bianca Jagger, impressed, once made a plaster cast of Mara's posterior.
Madame Mara, the celebrated vocalist, took leave of the English stage.
Conna-mara, in the west of Ireland, properly spelled Cuan na mara, means "bays of the sea."
It endeavoured to smother sleepers like the Scandinavian hag Mara, and similarly deprived them of power to move.
The candle came floating toward us through the dark, and in a few moments Adam and Eve and Mara were with us.
Adam and Eve stood before me the angels of the resurrection, and Mara was the Magdalene with them at the sepulchre.
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