[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) › v2.c31.2736 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.2736 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.2736 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.2736](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2736) A few particulars are available about Devaputta-Māra: Māro ti Vasavattibhūmiyaṃ aññataro dāmarikadevaputto. So hi taṃ ṭhānaṃ atikkamitu-kāmaṃ janaṃ yaṃ sakkoti taṃ māreti, yaṃ na sakkoti tassa pi maraṇaṃ icchati, tenā Māro ti vuccati (SNA. i. 44); Māro yeva pana sattasaṅkhātāya pajāya adhipatibhāvena idha Pajāpatīti adhippeto. So hi kuhiṃ vasatīti? Paranimmittavasattidevaloke. Tatra hi Vasavat-tirājā rajjaṃ kāreti. Māro ekasmiṃ padese attano parisāya issariyaṃ pavattento rajja-paccante dāmarikarājaputto viya vasati ti vadanti (MA. i. 28); so hi Māro opapātiko kāmāvacarissaro, kadāci brahmapārisajjānampi kāye adhimuccituṃ samattho (Jinālaṅkāra Ṭīkā, p. 217). - [Previous: v2.c31.2735](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2735) - [Next: v2.c31.2737](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2737) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2736](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2736) · Pramāṇa