Mara (Hindu goddess)

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Mara is a Hindu goddess of death.

In Hinduism, Mara brings death in the same way that Kama brings love and intimacy. On their own, neither is important, but act more as attributes than as deities. Generally references to Mara as an individual are referenced to Goddess Maya.

[edit] See also

• Mara (demon), a "demon" of the Buddhist cosmology

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