marga

noun

mar·​ga

ˈmärgə

plural -s

1

Hinduism : one of several ways of approaching salvation compare bhakti-marga

2

: eightfold path

Word History

Etymology

Sanskrit mārga path, from mṛga deer, gazelle

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