The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1499 page)

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Ma‘r
f al-Karkh
(d. 815–16 (AH 200)).
A
S
f
master of the Baghd
d school, who emphasized sobriety in life and religion. He emphasized that S
f
attainment cannot be achieved by effort, but only by God's gift. His tomb, on the west bank of the Tigris in Baghdad, is still a centre of pilgrimage.
Maruts
(etym. uncertain: perhaps
m
+
ut
, ‘immortal’; or
m
rud
, ‘do not weep’). A collection (
ga
a
) of
Vedic
storm gods, who work in the service of
Rudra
, and who are therefore also known as Rudriyas (though in some accounts the Rudriyas are separate and different).

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