مار

मार māra, vulg. mār, adj. & s.m. (f. -ī), Killing, slaying, destroying;—killer, destroyer (as last member of compounds);—death; pestilence, plague, epidemic disease;—the god of love (Kāmdev); the passion of love;—slaying, killing;—hindrance, impediment, obstruction:—mārātmak (˚ra+āt˚), adj. & s.m. Essentially destructive, murderous, fatal, deadly; of a cruel disposition;—a cruel person, etc.