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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mara  \Ma"ra\,  n.  [Skr.  m[=a]ra.]  (Hind.  Myth.) 
  The  principal  or  ruling  evil  spirit.  --E.  Arnold. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mara  \Ma"ra\,  n.  [Icel.  mara  nightmare,  an  ogress.  See 
  {Nightmare}.]  (Norse  Myth.) 
  A  female  demon  who  torments  people  in  sleep  by  crouching  on 
  their  chests  or  stomachs,  or  by  causing  terrifying  visions. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mara  \Ma"ra\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  The  Patagonian  cavy  ({Dolichotis  Patagonicus}). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Mara 
  n  1:  god  of  death;  opposite  of  Kama  [syn:  {Mara}] 
  2:  hare-like  rodent  of  the  pampas  of  Argentina  [syn:  {Dolichotis 
  patagonum}] 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Mara 
  bitter;  sad,  a  symbolical  name  which  Naomi  gave  to  herself 
  because  of  her  misfortunes  (Ruth  1:20). 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Mara,  Marah,  bitter;  bitterness 
 




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