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Mara is called Kama d6vo, or "god of pleasure," by Kosma 

 Korosi in his Tibetan Annals. We are unable to find 

 the authority for this in any of the works on Buddhism 

 extant in Ceyloa ; but it is a fact most of the names 

 given to the Sinhalese Cupid, or Kama diva, are also given, 

 to Mara, which name signifies " death," or "destroyer." It 

 also is remarkable that Mara's three daughters, who were 

 dispatched to tempt Gautama, are called Manga, " dance," 

 Tanhu, " love, " and Rati, " sensuality" ; the last name being 

 also given, according to the Hindu Fabulists, to the consort 

 of the Indian Cupid, whence he is called Riyahimi. Since he 

 is identified with Mara, commonly surnamed Vasavarti, from 

 the appellation given to the heaven of which he is an inhabit- 

 ant, it may be convenient to notice here a few particulars 

 regarding KAMA DeVA. 



He is represented as Ananga, or " bodiless." This is either 

 metaphorical as to his influence on the mind, or with reference 

 to the legend of his having been reduced to ashes by the 

 anger of Siva, when pierced by KdnuCs arrows, and thus 

 inspired with love for Parvati* Referring to the last men- 

 tioned circumstance, he is called Maru, " destroyer;" Mai- any a, 

 "dead body;" Vasam-sera, " unequal body ;" and Un-aya, 

 " deficient body." Regarding him as a creature of the mind, 

 he is Mana-yon, f " mind-born;" or Naraka, "human body." 

 He is the embodied form of the god of gods, whence he is 

 called Tunu-hiru, "body of sun's splendour." He is the 

 agitator of the hearts of Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, and Indra, 

 and is thence called Samara, " the warrior." He inflames 

 the minds of men for sensual pleasures, and is therefore called. 

 Mada, or ' intoxication' : in reference to which Kalidasa in 

 the following beautiful lines in his Saktnitald ; sings : 



* Hind d Plays, ii. p. 21. Also see Prof. Monier Williams' Sokuntala, p. 101. 



t Having offered adoration to the mind-born divinity, let the wife 

 worship her husband with ornaments, flowers and raiment, thinking in- 

 ternally with entire complacency ' This is the God of love.'— The Paranas. 



