Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“death”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 526 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 307 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“death”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
मारना
to beat, hit, strike, knock; to hammer; to kill, murder; to hit, serve, strike
मारी · feminine
Śabdasāgara also records: कोई ऐसा संक्रामक रोग जिसके कारण बहुत से लोग एक साथ मरें । मरी । जैसे, हैजा, प्लेग, चेचक इत्यादि । दे॰ 'मरी'
Platts (p. 981) also records: Beating; blow, &c. (see mār and mārā)
Cited formation "मारी" is मार + -ई: मार means "killing", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "मारी" is मारना + -ई: मारना means "to beat, hit, strike, knock", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "मारी" is मार + -ई: मार means "killing", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit मारयति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Hindi verb set मरना (marnā) मारना (mārnā) मराना (marānā) मरवाना (marvānā) Inherited from Sanskrit मारयति (mārayati), from the root मृ (mṛ). Cognate with Nepali मार्नु (mārnu), Assamese মাৰা (mara).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
killing, slaughter
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mārī" is the nominative dual of "māri" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "mārī" is the nominative of "mārin" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
mārī f. killing, slaughter, Prasannar.
pestilence (also personified as the goddess of death and identified with Durgā), AV.Pariś.; Kathās.; Pur.
mārī See under māra.
mārī 1 Plague, pestilence, an (pb) epidemic. 2 Pestilence personified (the goddess presiding over plagues and identified with Durgā).
māri f. death, pestilence, L. (also = māraka mn.)
small-pox, L.
mārin mfn. (only ifc.) dying (cf. pūrva- and yuva-m˚)
killing, destroying (cf. jantu-m˚).
Alternative readings
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