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Macrobius teaches God the limit of the universe, 215, n. 9.
Madayantí, w. of Saudása, 381,
Mádhava, a month, 225.
Mádhavas, a tribe, descendants of Madhu the son of Vrisha, 418.
Madhu, a month, 225:
Madhu, s. of Kárttavírya, 417. s. of Vrisha, 418, s. of Devakshatra, 422. an Asura, killed by Śatrughna, 385.
Madhumattas, a people, 191.
Madhuvana, site of Mathura; 90.
Madhuváhiní, a river, 183.
Madhwácharya, date of,x.
Madhyadina, s. of Kalpa, 58, n. 1.
Madhyandina, teacher of the white Yajush, 281, n. 5.
Madirá, w. of Vasudeva, 439.
Madra, s. of Śivi, 444.
Madrabhujingas, a people, 187.
Madras, a people, 177. and n. 6.
Mádreyas, a people, 185.
Mádrí, w. of Páńd́u, 437. 459. w. of Krishńa, 578.
Magadhá, a country; kings of, 456.
Mágadha, 'bard,' origin of, 102.
Mágadhas, a people, 177. and n. 6. 188.
Maghá, a lunar mansion, 226, n. 21.
Mahábhadra, a lake, 169.
Mahábhárata, a heroic poem, composed by Vyása, 275. lviii.
Mahábhoja, s, of Satwata, 424.
Mahádeva, a Rudra, 58.
Mahádhriti, a prince, 390.
Mahágaurí, a river, 184.
Mahájwála, a hell, 207. crimes punished in, 208.
Mahámanas, a prince, 444.
Mahámani, a prince, 444.
Mahámoha, 'extreme illusion;' kind of ignorance, 34, n. 2.
Mahánábha, s. of Hirańyáksha, 147.
Mahánada, a river, 185, n. 80.
Mahánandi, s. of Nandivarddhana, 467.
Mahánila, a serpent, 149, n. 16.
Mahánta, s. of Dhímat, 165.
Mahápadma, a serpent, s. of Kadru, 149. a king, s. of Mahánanda, 467.
Mahapagá, a river, 183, n. 54.
Mahápurusha, name of Vishńu, 2. 'supreme spirit,' ib. n. 2.
Mahárásht́ra, a country, 188, n. 38.
Mahar-loka, heaven of celestials, 48, n. 10. site of, 213. remains at a Pralaya, 632.
Mahároman, a prince, 390.
Mahaswat, a prince, 387.
Mahat, 'intellect,' first product of Pradhána, 14. synonymes and definitions, 14, n. 22, threefold: origin of Ahankára, 15.
Mahátala, a division of Pátála, 204.
Mahávíra, s. of Priyavrata, 162, n. 2. son of Savana, 200.
Mahávíra, a division of Pushkara-dwípa, 200.
Mahávírya, s. of Vrihaduktha, 390, s. of Bhavanmanyu, 450.
Mahávishubha, equinoctial period, 225.
Maháyuga, aggregate of four ages, 24, n. 4.
Mahendra, a range of mountains, 174. a star, 241.
Mahendrá, a river, 183.
Maheśwara produces Vírabhadra, 65, sends him to disturb Daksha's sacrifice, 66.
Máheyas, a people, 190.
Máhikas (Mahishas), a people, 188.
Máhishakas, a people, 189, n. 54. 192.
Mahishmat, a prince of the Yadu race, 416.
Máhishmatí, a city, 189, n. 54.
Mahitá, a river, 182.
Mahodaya, a city; same as Kanoj, 399, n. 9.
Mahopamá, a river, 183.
Mahyuttaras, a people, 190.
Maináka, s. of Himavat, 85, n. 11. a mountain, 180, n. 3.
Maitreya, disciple of Paráśara, to whom the Vishńu Puráńa is related in reply to his inquiries, 3. a Rishi; s. of Kusharava; one of the interlocutors of the Bhágavata, 3, n. 10. s. of Mitráyu, 454, n. 53.
Maitreyas, a tribe of Brahmans from Mitrayu, 454, n. 53.
Maitrí, 'friendship,' d. of Daksha, w, of Dharma, 55, n. 12.
Mákandí, a city, 187, n. 20. 454, n. 49.
Makarí, a river, 183.
Maladas, a people, 190, n. 70.
Malajas, a people, 190.
Málas, a people, 185. and n. 5.
Málavánas, a people, 193.
Málávarttis, a people, 185, n. 5.
Málavas, a people, 177. and n. 6. 193.
Malaya, a chain of mountains, 174.
Malayas, a people, 188.
Malina, s. of Tansu, 448, n. 12.
Mallas, a people, 188.
Mallarásht́ra, a country, 188.
Mallavas, a people, 193.
Mályaván, a mountain at the base of Meru, 169.
Manas, 'mind,' synonyme of Mahut, 14, n. 22.
Mánasa, a form of Vishńu, 265.
Mánasa, a lake, 169.
Mánasottara mountain, 200. cities of the gods on, 218.
Manaswiní, w. of Mrikańd́a, 82, n. 1.
Manasyu, s. of Mahánta, 165. s. of Pravíra, 447.
Mánavarjjakas, a people, 190,
Mancha, a platform, 553, note 4.
Mandagá, a river, 185, 11. 80.
Mandahára, an island, 175, n. 3.
Mańd́akas, a people, 187, 193, n. 132.
Mandákiní, a river, 184.
Mandaváhiní, a river, 184.
Mándehas, enemies of the sun, 222.
Mándhátri, a prince, s. of Yuvanáśwa, 363.
Máńd́ukeya, teacher of the Rig-veda, 277.
Mangala, 'Mars,' s. of Śarva, 19.
Mangala-prastha, a mountain, 180, n. 3.
Manidhána, a king, 480.
Maningá, a river, 184.
Manjulá, a river, 184.
Manojava, s. of the Rudra Iśána, 59, s. of the Vasu Anila, 120. Indra of the sixth Manwantara, 263.
Manu, a sage presiding over a Manwantara, 23. computation of time of, 26, note, of the first period, 51. of the second, 260. third, 261, fourth and fifth, 262. sixth, 263. seventh, 264. eighth, 267. ninth to the twelfth, 268. thirteenth and fourteenth, 269. sons of each, 261, &c.
Manu, a Rudra, 59, n. 4. s. of Krisáśwa, 123, n. 26.
Manwantara, nature and duration of, 24, n. 6. Indras, Manus, &c. of, 259.
Marietta, s. of Sunda, 147, n. 1.
Maríchi, a Prajápati, 49. marries Sambhúti, 54. his posterity, 82, n. 2.
Maríchigarbhas, a class of deities, 268.
Márishá, d. of Kańd́u and Pramlochá, 113. her former life, 114. married to the Prachetasas, 115.
Márkańd́eya, s. of Mrikańd́a, 82.
Márkańd́eya Puráńa, named, 284. analysis of, xxxiii. Marriage, directions for, 298. modes of, 299.
Mársht́i, s. of Sárańa, 439.
Marsht́ímat, e. of Sárańa, 439.
Márttikavatas, princes of Mrittikávatí, 424.
Mara, s. of Śíghra, 387. still living, ib. s. of Śíghraga, 384, n. 15. s, of Haryaswa, 390.
Marubhaumas, a people, 189, n. 63.
Marudeva, a prince, 463.
Marut-loka, heaven of the winds and Vaiśyas, 48, n. 10.
Maruts or 'winds,' forty-nine, the children of Diti, 152. sons of Marutwatí, 120. give Bharadwaja to Bharata, 449, n. 15.
Marutta, s. of Avikshit, 352. his magnificence, 353. s. of Karandhama, 442.
Marutwatí, d. of Daksha, w. of Dharma, 119. Mathura, a holy city, founded by Śatrughna, 90. conquered by him, 385.
Mati, 'understanding,' synonyme of Mahat, 14, n. 22.
Matinára, s. of Riksha, 447, n. 1.
Matkuńá, a river, 185, n. 80.
Mátsya, teacher of the Rig-veda, 277, n. 8.
Matsya, a minor Dwípa, 175, n. 3,
Matsya Puráńa, notice of, 284. analysis of, li.
Mátsyas, a people, 185, n. 6. 186, n. 12.
Maudga, teacher of the Sáma-veda, 282.
Maudgalyas, a class of Brahmans, 454.
Maunas, a race of kings, 475, n. 64.
Mauneyas, a tribe of Gandharbas, 370.
Mauryas, kings of Magadhá, 468.
Máyá, personified active will of the Creator, 21, n. 1. d. of Adharma, 55, n. 14. d. of Anrita, 56.
Máyádeví, finds and marries Pradyumna, 576. formerly Ratí, 577.
Measures, of time, 22. of land, 45, n. 6.
Medha, s. of Priyavrata, 162.
Medha, intelligence,' d. of Daksha, w. of Dharma, 54.
Medhatithi, s. of Priyavrata, 162. k. of Plaksha-dwípa, ib. his sons, 197. s. of Kańwa, 448. 452.
Medhávin, a prince, 462.
Medicine, branches and teachers of, 407, n. 11.
Meghaswáti, a prince, 472.
Mekala, a Rishi, father of Narmadá, 186, n. 18.
Mekalá, the Narmadá, 186, n. 18.
Mekalas, a people, 186.
Men proceeded from Brahmá, 40.
Mená, d. of the Pitris, 84. d. of Meru, w. of Himavat, 85, n. 11.
Mená (Sená), a river, 183.
Menaká, a divine nymph, 150, n. 21.
Mendicant, duties of, 295.
Meru, w. of Nábhi, 163.
Meru, mountain in the centre of Jambu-dwípa, 166. its dimensions and form, 167. and n. 2. mountain-ridges, cities of the gods, 169. rivers, 170. situation, 171. boundaries, 172. Merubhútas, a people, 189.
Meru-mandara mountain, south of Meru, 168, n. 6.
Meru-sávarńis, the ninth to the twelfth Manu, 268, n. 8.
Mímánsá, 'theology,' 284.
Mínaratha, a prince, 390.
Mind, an organ of sense, 18.
Misrakeśí, a nymph, 150, n. 21.
Mithi, a prince, s. of Nimi, 389. father of Janaka, ib. n. 3.
Mithilá, a country, 389, n. 3.
Mitra, an Áditya, 122. presides over the organs of excretion, 17, n. 28. s. of Vaśisht́ha, 83, n. 8.
Mitrasaha, s. of Sudása, a prince, 380.
Mitravrindá, w. of Krishńa, 578.
Mitrayu, a teacher of the Puráńas, 283. s. of Divodása, 454.
Mlechchas, degraded Kshatriyas, 375. people of the west and south of India, 376, n. 18. 442, n. 4. subjects of Turvasu, ib. n. 5. people of the north, 443. kings of, 477. 482, n. 76.
Moha, 'stupefaction,' a property of sensible objects, 17, n. 27. a kind of ignorance, 34, n. 2.
Monotheism of the Puráńas, 19, n. 33.
Months, four kinds, 223, n. 16.
Moon, produced from the ocean, 76. chariot and horses of, &c. 237. source of ambrosia, ib.
Mot, of the Phœnicians; analogy of with Mahat, q. v., 13, n. 19.
Mountains, boundary; of the earth, 167. of Meru, 169. 171. of Bhárata-varsha, 174. of the different Dwípas, 197, et seq.
Mountaineers, tribes of, 101, n. 4.
Mrigavíthí, a division of the lunar mansions, 226, n. 21.
Mridu, a prince, 462.
Mridura, a prince, 435.
Mrigaśiras, a lunar mansion, 226, n. 21.
Mrigavyádha, a Rudra, 121.
Mrikańd́a, s. of Vidhátri and Niryati, 82.
Mrittikávatí, a city, 424.
Mrityu, 'death,' s. of Brahmá, 50, n. 2. s. of Bhaya; his children, 56. s. of Kali, 56, n. 14. a Rudra, 121, n. 17. a Vyása, 272.
Muchukunda, s. of Mándhátri, 363. destroys Kálayavana, 567. praises Krishńa, 567. goes to Gandhamádana, 569.
Muda, s. of Dharma, 55, n. 13.
Mudgala, teacher of the Rig-veda, 277. a prince, s. of Haryaswa, 454.
Muhúrtta, a measure of time, thirty Kalás, 22. twelve Kshanas; thirty Kalás and one-tenth; two Nárikás, 22, n. 3.
Muhúrttá, d. of Daksha, w. of Dharma, 119.
Múka, s. of Upasunda, 147, n. 1.
Mukhyas, a class of deities, 267.
Muktimatí, a river, 184.
Mukunda, a mountain, 169.
Múlá, a lunar mansion, 226, n. 21.
Múlaka, a prince; also Nárikavacha, 383.
Mummies, prepared by the Hindus, 388, n. 2.
Muńd́as, a race of kings, 474. 475, n. 64.
Muni, any sage, 4, &c.
Muní, d. of Daksha, w. of Kaśyapa, 122.
Munjakeśa, a teacher of the Atharva-veda, 283.
Mura, slain by Krishńa, 582.
Múrttí, 'form,' d. of Daksha, w. of Dharma, 55, n. 12.
Murundas, a race of kings, 475, n. 64.
Musala, 'a club,' born of Śámba for the destruction of the Yádavas, 607.
Múshikas, a people, 192.
Musht́ika killed by Balaráma, 557.