Vajirā²

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.134f. relates that one day, when she was meditating in Andhavana at Sāvatthī, Māra questioned her as to the origin of a “being”, its creator, its origin, its destiny. Vajirā answers that there is no such thing as a “being,” apart from certain conditioned factors, like a chariot, which exists only because of its parts. Māra retires discomfited.