Rāgā

Third of the three daughters of Māra (with Taṇhā and Aratī), personifying Passion (sometimes named Rati in the lists). One of the three daughters named in the buddhist_mara entry; the trio fail to seduce the awakened Buddha.

Parentage

• Māra

Domains

• passion desire
• temptation

Powers

• Take on the forms of beautiful women of every age
• Inflame lust and passion in the beholder

Epithets

• रागा

Relations

• sibling: Taṇhā
• sibling: Aratī
• father: Māra

Sources

• Saṃyutta Nikāya, Māra-saṃyutta, Dhītaro Sutta (SN 4.25)
• Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā on vv.179-180
• Saṃyutta Nikāya, Māra-saṃyutta (SN 4.25), where Taṇhā, Aratī and Rāgā are Māra's daughters