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China / Tibet: Tangka / Thangka representing death (Marana) consuming the planes of Samsaric existence

China / Tibet: Tangka / Thangka representing death (Marana) consuming the planes of Samsaric existence

Jarāmaraṇa is Sanskrit and Pāli for 'old age' (jarā) and 'death' (maraṇa). In Buddhism, jaramarana refers to the inevitable end-of-life suffering of all beings prior to their rebirth in the cycle of saṃsāra.

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