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Elephant-headed warriors of Mara, glazed earthenware plaque, from a temple at Pegu, Burma, about 1480. Monstrous warriors were among the distractions sent by the arch-demon Mara in his vain attempt to disturb the Buddha's final meditation leading to his Enlightenment.

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Elephant-headed warriors of Mara, glazed earthenware plaque, from a temple at Pegu, Burma, about 1480. Monstrous warriors were among the distractions sent by the arch-demon Mara in his vain attempt to disturb the Buddha's final meditation leading to his Enlightenment.