page_title: Mara (demon)
hierarchical_section_title: Mara (demon)
caption_attribution_description: English: Nepal, Himalayas. Mara's Retinue, Folio from an Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Verses), 11th century Book/manuscript;
context_page_description: Mara, in Buddhism, is the demonic celestial king who tempted Prince Siddhartha by trying to seduce him with the vision of beautiful women who, in various legends, are often said to be Mara's daughters.
  In Buddhist cosmology, Mara is associated with death, rebirth and desire. Nyanaponika Thera has described Mara as "the personification of the forces antagonistic to enlightenment."
context_section_description: Mara (Sanskrit: मार, Māra; Japanese: マーラ, romanized: Māra; traditional Chinese: 天魔/魔羅; simplified Chinese: 天魔/魔罗; pinyin: Tiānmó/Móluó; Tibetan Wylie: bdud; Khmer: មារ; Burmese: မာရ်နတ်; Thai: มาร; Sinhala: මාරයා), in Buddhism, is the demonic celestial king who tempted Prince Siddhartha (Gautama Buddha) by trying to seduce him with the vision of beautiful women who, in various legends, are often said to be Mara's daughters. 
  In Buddhist cosmology, Mara is associated with death, rebirth and desire. Nyanaponika Thera has described Mara as "the personification of the forces antagonistic to enlightenment."
caption: The demons of mara. Palm leaf manuscript. Nalanda, Bihar, India
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