mAraH [ mf-GaY ] 1 Killing, slaughter, slaying; aSezaprARinAmAsIdamAro daSa vatsarAn Rāj. T. 5. 64. 2 An obstacle, hinderance, opposition. 3 The god of love; SyAmAtmA kuwilaH karotu kaba rIBAropi mArodyamaM Gīt. 3 ; (where mAra primarily means ‘killing’); Nāg. 1. 1. 4 Love, passion. 5 The thorn-apple ( DattUra ). 6 An evil one, a destroyer; (according to Buddhists). 7 Death. Comp. — aMka a. ‘marked by love’, displaying signs of love; mArAMke ratikelisaMkularaRAraMBe Gīt. 12. — aBiBUH (BuH ?) an epithet of a Buddha. — ariH , — ripuH Śiva. — Atmaka a. murderous; kaTaM mArAtmake tvayi viSvAsaH kartavyaH H. 1. — jit m. an epithet of Śiva. 2 of a Buddha.