feminine · maru 1 · maru 2
maru , m. (in mgs. 1, 2 = Pali id. ; cf. marut, maruta ), ( 1 ) in the sense of Skt. Marut, a class of Vedic gods: indro … maruhi parivṛto Mv iii.267.16 ( vs ); in this sense rare; ( 2 ) very commonly, god , = deva, sura; oftenest in vss , but also in prose, e.g. nara-maru-kanyā- LV 82.15 ; often, as here, bracketed with nara or a synonym: SP 12.13 ; 30.9 ; 208.9 ; LV 12.13 ; 80.19 (read ca marusahasrair); 129.19 ; 370.14 ; Mv i.71.21 ; 72.11, 15 , etc. ; 90.18 ; 100.9 ; 113.15 ; 143.16 ; 268.15 ; ii.299.5 ; 328.5 , etc. ; Av ii.176.12 ; passim ; ( 3 ) a kind of drum (not recorded anywhere): Mv i.259.11 ; ii.180.8 ; 410.7 ; iii.443.13 ; ( 4 ) n. of a future Buddha: Mv ii.355.10 , but this is prob. a misprint for Meru , in the same passage iii.279.15 .
sand; a sandy waste. (masculine), a deity
Maru 1 [cf. Epic Sanskrit maru] a region destitute of water, a desert. Always combined with °kantāra: Nidd I 155 (as name); Ja I 107; Vibh-a 6; Vv-a 332; Pv-a 99, 112. Maru 2 [Vedic marut, always in plural marutaḥ, the gods of the thunder-storm] 1. plural marū the genii, spirits of the air Snp 681, 688; Miln 278 (nāga-yakkha-nara-marū; perhaps in meaning 2); Mhv 5, 27. 2. gods in general (°—) Mhv 15, 211 (°gaṇā hosts of gods); 18, 68 (°narā gods and men). — Cf. māruta and māluta.
【陰】 沙，荒沙地。【陽】 神。
(fem, fem) god; deity deity
(masc, masc) sand, sandy waste
(masc, masc) cliff