Māra
[mahr-uh]
- 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.
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Patagonian hare
- a burrowing, gray, long-eared and long-legged cavy of the genus Dolichotis, native to South America.
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Also called ma·ra [muh-rah] /məˈrɑ/
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Examples from the Web for mara
Contemporary Examples
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.
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.
Once, when he was doing the second Ali-Spinks fight in New Orleans, Harold and Mara had an all-time argument.
Historical Examples
And how could one with that mara upon him, write of the ethics of life and religion?
The Book of KhalidAmeen Rihani
Three graceful women, Mara's daughters, sing in a low enticing voice.
The BuddhaPaul Carus
It must have been mara,” said she, thoughtfully; “but go on with thy dream.
Erling the BoldR.M. Ballantyne
Now Naomi signifies in the Hebrew tongue happiness, and Mara, sorrow.
The Antiquities of the JewsFlavius Josephus
Erick stood up unsteadily, helping Jan and Mara to their feet.
The Crystal CryptPhilip Kindred Dick
mara1
- a harelike South American rodent, Dolichotis patagonum, inhabiting the pampas of Argentina: family Caviidae (cavies)
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Word Origin
from American Spanish mará, perhaps of Araucanian origin
mara2
- one of several organized criminal gangs of Central American origin also operating in the US
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Word Origin
C20: from Spanish: gang
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