Mara (Māra)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Short Description: death

Long Description: a Sanskrit term that literally means “death”; the personification of evil in Buddhist mythology. He is said to have tempted the Buddha as he meditated under the bodhi tree. Māra is an epithet of Kāma

Sources: The Laughing Buddha of Tofukuji: The Life of Zen Master Keido Fukushima , by Ishwar C. Harris