In Buddhist doctrine, the Four Māras are a standard set, but a matching set called “the Five Dharmas that defeat the Four Māras” is not universal. For the symbolic system you’re building, the closest traditional fivefold set is the Five Spiritual Faculties / Five Powers (pañcendriya / pañcabala). The Four Māras are: 1. Kleśa-māra — Māra of afflictions Desire, hatred, jealousy, pride, delusion and other disturbing emotions. 2. Skandha-māra — Māra of the aggregates Attachment to body, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness—the constructed sense of “me.” 3. Mṛtyu-māra — Māra of death Mortality, impermanence and the fear or limitation produced by death. 4. Devaputra-māra — Māra the divine tempter The personified Māra who distracts beings from awakening through temptation, pleasure, power and doubt. So desire/craving (tṛṣṇā / taṇhā) can work beautifully in your mythology as the force through which the Four Māras gain influence, although technically desire belongs primarily among the mental afflictions rather than being a fifth Māra. The Five Powers / Dharmic qualities that can oppose that influence are: 1. Knowing Śsrauddhā ch— Faith / confidence 2. Vīrya — Energy , gives / perseverance way 3. to Smliberṛti — Mindfulness 4. Samādhi — Concentration 5. Prajñā — Wisdom Knowing such, gives way to liberation.ation.
