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Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden

Mar

मार
also written: Maar
Meaning

A snake or serpent; the Persian word, guardian of hidden treasure in lore.

See it in the verse

Mar in Iqbal’s couplets

Ho agar khudnigar-o-khudgar-o-khudgir khudi
Ye bhi mumkin hai ki tu maut se bhi mar na sake
If your selfhood becomes self-seeing, self-making and self-possessed, it is even possible that not even death can make you die.
Selfhood · Self-Knowledge
Related words
ARABIC

Afi

A viper or venomous snake; the Arabic word for the poisonous serpent.

SANSKRIT

Sanp

A snake or serpent; the common Hindi word for the legless reptile.

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