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Nov 27, 2009
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Mā•ra



Pronunciation: (mär'u), [key]
—n.
1. Hindu Myth.the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
2. Buddhism.Satan, who tried to seduce the Buddha at the time of his Enlightenment.

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