mārakāyika

84000 Standard Definition

The deities ruled over by Māra. The term can also refer to the devas in his paradise, which is sometimes identified with Paranirmitavaśavartin, the highest paradise in the realm of desire. This is distinct from the four personifications of obstacles to awakening, also known as the four māras (devaputramāra, mṛtyumāra, skandhamāra, and kleśamāra).

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Tibetan

བདུད་ཀྱི་རིས་ཀྱི་ལྷ,བདུད་ཀྱི་རིས,བདུད་ཀྱི་རིས་ཀྱི་ལྷའི་བུ,བདུད་ཀྱི་རིས་ཀྱི་ལྷ་དག

bdud kyi ris kyi lha,bdud kyi ris,bdud kyi ris kyi lha’i bu,bdud kyi ris kyi lha dag

Sanskrit

mārakāyikadevaputra,mārakāyika,mārakāya,mārakāyikadeva

English

mārakāyika,gods of the māra class,league of Māra,Māra class,Abode of Māras,Māra’s gods,Mārakāyika,māra god,māra deities,demon cohort,domain of Māra