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I think god Mara was the one who tried to stop Buddha from reaching nirvana. Mara was tempting Buddha with images of "wordly" things while Buddha was meditating under his holy tree.
In Dalmatia (Croatia) Mara is a female name and is a variation of Mary. What is more the croatian waord for ladybug or ladybird is buba mara (buba=bug), so the exact translation of it would be Mary`s bug. Actually my great-grandmother`s name was Mara and she was a very nice lady :-)

• Interesting findings on Mara - Lilith  Jan 28 2002, 5:44:20 PM
  • Re: Interesting findings on Mara - Nana  Jan 29 2002, 1:22:07 AM
    • hehe - Lilith  Jan 29 2002, 4:13:32 PM
      • -confused- - Silver  Jan 30 2002, 12:38:00 AM
        • Er - - Lilith  Jan 30 2002, 3:20:15 PM
  • Re: Interesting findings on Mara - Ivayla  Jan 28 2002, 9:21:52 PM
    • Hm - Lilith  Jan 29 2002, 4:12:16 PM
      • What is the address of the site? n/t - Ivayla  Jan 29 2002, 5:39:59 PM
        • Eh, which one? - Lilith  Jan 29 2002, 7:27:17 PM