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mara meaning in Kannada

ಮಾರಾ

/ˈmɑːɹə/

mara in Kannada: ಮಾರಾ, ಮರಾ. In English, mara means a nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore; a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.

Kannada words for mara

ಮಾರಾ, ಮರಾ

English meaning of mara

  1. noun A nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore; a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.
  2. noun A type of god that prevents accomplishment or success.
  3. noun Any malicious or evil spirit.
  4. noun Any caviid rodent of the genus Dolichotis, common in the Patagonian steppes of Argentina.

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Questions about mara in Kannada

What is the meaning of mara in Kannada?
Mara in Kannada is ಮಾರಾ, ಮರಾ.
mara ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Mara: ಮಾರಾ, ಮರಾ.
What does mara mean in English?
Mara means a nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore; a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.

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Kannada words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “mara”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: mara (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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