Marakantaka, Mārakaṇṭaka, Mara-kantaka: 2 definitions
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Marakantaka means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionarymārakaṇṭaka (မာရကဏ္ဋက) [(na) (န)]—
[māra+kaṇṭaka]
[မာရ+ကဏ္ဋက]
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)mārakaṇṭaka—
(Burmese text): မာရ်နတ်၏- ဆူးငြောင့်- ဆူးငြောင့်နှင့် တူသောအကျင့်ဆိုး။ မာရဝိသုက-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): The behavior of Mara is similar to that of a thorn. Look at the Mara's activity.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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