Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Hindu mythology and art, a fantastic marine monster figured with the body and tail of a fish and the forelegs, neck, and head of an antelope, an alligator, or a shark: used as a symbolic or ornamental figure, and as the zodiacal sign Capricorn.
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Capricorn (Skt. makara) (#9 of the 12 signs of the zodiac, when the count is begun with 0) chu-stod
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Capricorn (Skt. makara) (#9 of the 12 signs of the zodiac, when the count is begun with 0) chu-stod
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Sculpture of a water goddess standing atop a makara, a mythical water creature, from Begram.
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Thierry Ollivier/Musée Guimet Statuette of a woman standing on a makara, possibly a furniture ornament (Begram, Room 10) 1st-2nd centuries AD Ivory National Museum of Afghanistan
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Dark scrolls appear beneath and behind her mount, who is confronted by a makara-headed goddess makarakuti, wearing a cape of flayed human skin, the left half of whose body is emaciated.
Archive 2004-06-01 Jeff 2004
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Their wrathful appearance resembles that of the main goddess, and all ride fantastical animal mounts, including a dragon, a camel, a makara, and a nine-headed beast.
Wrathful goddess Palden Lhamo. Jeff 2004
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Dark scrolls appear beneath and behind her mount, who is confronted by a makara-headed goddess makarakuti, wearing a cape of flayed human skin, the left half of whose body is emaciated.
Wrathful goddess Palden Lhamo. Jeff 2004
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Their wrathful appearance resembles that of the main goddess, and all ride fantastical animal mounts, including a dragon, a camel, a makara, and a nine-headed beast.
Archive 2004-06-01 Jeff 2004
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Having arrayed the troops in the makara array, that mighty bowman, that scorcher of foes, viz.,
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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In the tip of the beak of that makara, O king, was stationed Karna himself.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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