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Maraka (Sanskrit: मारक) in Hindu astrology refers to the planet or planets that cause death at the end of a particular life-span; if the assessed life-span is not over they cause accident, ill-health, poverty and misery during the course of their dasha or antra-dasha or in the period of the planet associating/influenced by them.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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  1. Dhundiraja. "Jataka Bharanam" (1951 ed.). Varanasi: Jaikrishan Haridass Gupta.
  2. Roopnarain Jha. Janampatra Prabodhsamhita Manasagari (2001 ed.). Savitri Thakur Prakashan. p. 354. Ayurdaayasadhan St.6
  3. Parasara. Bṛhat Parāśara Horāśāstra. Manoj Pocket Books. p. 106. Ch.Sl.1&2
  4. Ravinder Kumar Soni. Planets And Their Yoga Formations. Pigeon Books India. p. 403.
  5. K.S.Charak (2003). Yogas in Astrology. Institute of Vedic Astrology. p. 212. ISBN 9788190100847.
  6. Vaidyanatha (2008). Jatakaparijata (With translation and commentary by Gopesh Kumar Ojha. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 315–317. ISBN 9788120822641.
  7. Venkateswara. Jataka Chandrika. Slokas 21-26,31, 37

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