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Devil and Mara (demon)

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Difference between Devil and Mara (demon)

Devil vs. Mara (demon)

A devil (from Greek: διάβολος diábolos "slanderer, accuser") is the personification and archetype of evil in various cultures. Mara (मार,;; Tibetan Wylie: bdud; មារ; မာရ်နတ်; มาร; මාරයා), in Buddhism, is the demon that 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.

Similarities between Devil and Mara (demon)

Devil and Mara (demon) have 9 things in common (in Unionpedia): Buddhism, Buddhist cosmology, Demiurge, Demon, Gautama Buddha, Hades, Samyutta Nikaya, Sutta Nipata, Taṇhā.

Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Buddhist cosmology

Buddhist cosmology is the description of the shape and evolution of the Universe according to the Buddhist scriptures and commentaries.

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Demiurge

In the Platonic, Neopythagorean, Middle Platonic, and Neoplatonic schools of philosophy, the demiurge is an artisan-like figure responsible for fashioning and maintaining the physical universe.

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Demon

A demon (from Koine Greek δαιμόνιον daimónion) is a supernatural and often malevolent being prevalent in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology and folklore.

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Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha (c. 563/480 – c. 483/400 BCE), also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha, or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was an ascetic (śramaṇa) and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.

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Hades

Hades (ᾍδης Háidēs) was the ancient Greek chthonic god of the underworld, which eventually took his name.

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Samyutta Nikaya

The Samyutta Nikaya (SN, "Connected Discourses" or "Kindred Sayings") is a Buddhist scripture, the third of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that compose the Pali Tipitaka of Theravada Buddhism.

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Sutta Nipata

The Sutta Nipata (literally, "Suttas falling down") is a Buddhist scripture, a sutta collection in the Khuddaka Nikaya, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.

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Taṇhā

is a Pāli word, related to the Vedic Sanskrit word and, which means "thirst, desire, wish".

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Devil and Mara (demon) Comparison

Devil has 209 relations, while Mara (demon) has 44. As they have in common 9, the Jaccard index is 3.56% = 9 / (209 + 44).

References

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