Mrtyu (from Vedic Sanskrit: मृत्यु IAST:mRtyu ; Latin cognate mortis), is a Sanskrit word meaning Death. Mrtyu or Death is often symbolized as the demigods Mara (मर) and Yama (यम) in Dharmic religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism.

* Mara (Hindu goddess), the goddess of death according to Hindu mythology.
* Mrtyu-mara as death in Buddhism or Mara, a "demon" of the Buddhist cosmology, the personification of Temptation.

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