[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c6.2805 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.2805 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.2805 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.2805](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2805) Aratī.—One of the three daughters of Māra, the others being Taṇhā and Ragā.¹ Seeing their father disconsolate after his repeated attempts to foil Gotama’s quest for Enlightenment, they offered to tempt the Buddha with their wiles. This was in the fifth week after the Enlightenment. With Māra’s approval, they came to the Buddha in various forms and in various guises, as he sat at the foot of the Ajapala banyan tree, and danced and sang before him. In the end the Buddha told them that he was beyond temptation by the pleasures of the senses and they went back to their father.² - [Previous: v1.c6.2804](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2804) - [Next: v1.c6.2806](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2806) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2805](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2805) · Pramāṇa