Explore: Māra (buddhist Deity)

traditions in different countries have also absorbed native deities into their localized Buddhist pantheon, sometimes as Bodhisattvas. Some examples are Guan

illiberaty. (Karetzky (1982): 79) Karetzky, Patricia Eichenbaum. "Māra, Buddhist Deity of Death and Desire." East and West, vol. 32, no. 1/4, 1982, pp.

Māra is the highest-ranking goddess in Latvian mythology, the ancient Dawn-goddess, previously called Austra, and, not at all, although often stated,[clarification

of death according to Hindu mythology. Mṛtyu-māra as death in Buddhism or Māra, a "demon" of the Buddhist cosmology, the personification of Temptation

delusion — conquering and trampling them on the spot." In Tantric Buddhist art, fierce deities are presented as terrifying, demonic-looking beings adorned with

The Japanese Buddhist pantheon designates the multitude (the pantheon) of various Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and lesser deities and eminent religious masters

other waters, earthquakes and horses. Cybele Persephone Rhea Zemes māte Māra Žemyna Ceres, goddess of the harvest, motherhood, and the earth Terra, ancient

them as to Buddhas. Other words used in Buddhist texts to refer to similar supernatural beings are devatā ("deities") and devaputta ("son of god"). While

Devotion is also important in some Buddhist traditions, and in the Tibetan traditions visualisations of deities and mandalas are important. The value

Tārā-mūla-kalpa, the main Buddhist tantra associated with the goddess and mahāvidyā, Tārā became a very popular Vajrayana deity in north India. Tārā worship