mārū

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Maru (Kaphi), name of one of the thirty-one mixed rags (musical modes) used in the Guru Granth Sahib.

Etymology: Sindhi - mārū (a name of a rag in music); Rajasthani/Braj - mārū (a rag which is sung in a war); Prakrit/Pali - mār; Sanskrit - mār (मार - death, killing, pestilence).