[mṛ-ghañ] 1 Killing, slaugh- ter, slaying; aśeṣaprāṇināmāsīdamāro daśa vatsarān Rāj. T. 5. 64.

2 An obstacle, hinderance, opposition.

3 The god of love; śyāmātmā kuṭilaḥ karotu kaba rībhāropi mārodyamaṃ Gīt. 3; (where māra primarily means ‘kill- ing’); Nāg. 1. 1.

4 Love, pas- sion.

5 The thorn-apple (dhattūra).

6 An evil one, a destroyer; (accord- ing to Buddhists).

7 Death. Comp. aṃka a. ‘marked by...