Maccu
Maccu,[in form=Vedic mṛtyu,fr.mṛ; in meaning differentiated,the Ved.--Sk.meaning “death” only] the God of Death,the Buddhist Māra,or sometimes equivalent to Yama S.I,156; Sn.357 (Gen.maccuno),581 (Instr.maccunā),587; Th.1,411; Dh.21,47,128,135,150,287; VbhA.100; SnA 397; DhA.III,49; Sdhp.295,304.
--tara one who crosses or overcomes death Sn.1119 (=maraṇaṁ tareyya Nd2 486).--dheyya the realm of Māra,the sphere of Death S.I,4; adj.belonging to death or subject to death (=Māradheyya,maraṇadheyya Nd2 487b).-- Sn.358,1104 (with expln “m.vuccanti kilesā ca khandhā ca abhisaṅkhārā ca” Nd2 487a),1146 (°pāra-maccudheyyassa pāraṁ vuccati amataṁ nibbānaṁ Nd2 487); Th.2,10 (=maccu ettha dhīyati ThA.13); Dh.86; DhA.II,161.--parāyaṇa surmounting death Sn.578; pareta id.Sn.579.--pāsa the sling or snare of Māra Sn.166; J.V,367.--bhaya the fear of death Mhvs 32,68.--maraṇa dying in death M.I,49 (cp.C.on p.532:maccu-maraṇan ti maccu-saṅkhātaṁ maraṇaṁ tena samuccheda-maraṇ’ādīni nisedheti.-- See also def.of maraṇa s.v.).--mukha the mouth of death Sn.776; Nd1 48.--rājā the king of death Sn.332,1118 (=Maro pi Maccurājā maraṇaṁ pi Nd2 488); Dh.46,170; KhA 83.--vasa the power of death 3 I.52:Sn.587,1100 (where maccu is expld by maraṇa & Māra).--hāyin leaving death behind,victorious over death It.46=Sn.755; Th.1,129.(Page 513)