Taṇhā

Buddhist · deity · mythic · deity

Eldest of the three daughters of Māra (with Aratī and Rāgā), personifying Craving. Accompanying their downcast father after his armies fail, the three try to seduce the newly awakened Buddha and fail utterly because he is free of craving. Named in the buddhist_mara entry as one of the three daughters.

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