Mara (Sanscritice māra; Mandarinice 魔; Iaponice 魔羅, マーラ aut 天魔; Tibetanice Wylie bdud; lingua Khmer មារ; Birmanice မာရ်နတ် ; Thai มาร; Singhalensice මාරයා), in Buddhismo est daemon quod Gautamam Buddham temptavit, ad eum illicendum conans visione mulierum pulchrarum, quae in variis legendis saepe dicuntur filiae Marae.^[1] In cosmologia Buddhistica, Mara imprudentes animi impetus, mentem imperitum, et mortem^[2] vitae spiritualis in personam suam constituit. Tentator est, qui homines a vita spirituali distrahit per blandimenta rerum mundanorum, vel faciens ut res malae bonae videantur.

• Demiurgus
• Eros
• Grīmekhalaṃ
• Kamadeva
• Marzanna
• Mors (mythologia)
• Thanatos

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• Boyd, James W. 1971. Symbols of Evil in Buddhism. The Journal of Asian Studies 31 (1): 63–75. JSTOR.
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• Saddhatissa, H., conv. 1998. The Sutta-Nipāta. Londinii: RoutledgeCurzon Press. ISBN 0700701818.

• "The Buddha's Encounters with Mara the Tempter: Their Representation in Literature and Art."
• "Taming the Mara."
• "Mara, the Evil One."