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Magas, class of Sun-worshippers, 235. Magha, lunar month (January-February),
97-
Magi, Sun-worshippers of Persia, 235. Mahabalipuram ^Mavalivaram), village in
the Chingleput district, 2, 22, 74, 30,
32, 50, 107, 1 10, 143, 187, 189, 199,
202, 206, 251.
M aha- 8 haira va , e pith et of Kshetrapala, 1 6 1 . Mahabharata, epic, 22, 37, 47, loo//, 141,
143, 176, 227, 267;;. Maha-Chanda, name of the guardian deity
in shrines of Jina, 265. Mahadeva, s.a. Siva, 147. Maha-Ganapati, form of Ganapati, 173,
Maha-Gauri, form of Darga, 202.
Mahakailasa, form of Siva, 77.
Mahakala, form of Siva, 151 : epithet of j
Kshetrapala, i6i : Dvarapala at the
eastern entrance of Siva temples, 254*;. Mahakali, s.a. Kali, 197. Maha-Lakshmi, form of Durga, 190, 206 ;
of Lakshml, 189. Maha-mandapa, pavilion in a temple, 2,
241.
niahambuja, form of pedestal, 266. Mahambuja, serpent chief, 251. Maha-Padma, s.a. Mahambuja, 251. maha-pitha, form of pedestal, 76. Maha-Sadasiva, s.a. Mahakailasa, 77. Maha-Sarasvati, an emanation of Gauri,
206.
Maha-Sasta, s : a. Aiyanar, 229. mahavajra, form of pedestal, 266. Mahayana, form of Buddhism, 184. Mahendravarman I, Pallava king, 2. Mahendri, one of the Saptamatrikas, 190,
194.
Mahesvara, s.a. Siva, liw, 194, 236. Mahesvaras, sect of Saiva devotees, 190. Mahesvari, one of the Saptamatrikas, 190,
194-
Mahl, s.a. Prithvi, 17, 187. Mahis,hasura, the buffalo-demon, 211, 222. Mahishasura-mandapa, rock-cut pavilion at
Mahabalipuram, 50, 206. Mahishasuramardini, goddess, 194*4, 196,
197, 202, 206, 226. Mahodara, sage, loow. makara (crocodile), banner of Kama, 62. makara-kundala, ornament, on the right ear
of Siva, 76 : -- on the ears of Surya, 236. makara- torana, a crocodile-aureola, 265. Malabar, country, 2, 22, 32, 230, 234. Mallamma, village deity, 224. man, vehicle of Kubera, 248 ; of Nairrita,
243. inana-danda, measuring rod, symbol of
Visvakarma, lift. manas (worldly wisdom), personified as
Ganapati, 173. Manasa, goddess, 212. Manasara, work on Arts, 10, 17, 47//, 187,
190, 251.
mandapa, an open hall or pavilion of a
temple, 3, 22, 89^, i62, 199. Mandara, mountain, 140. mandara, one of the five celestial trees, 151. mango, flower, one of the five arrows of
Kama, 62 : fruit, symbol in the hand of
Skanda, no. Manikkavasagar (Manikyavachaka), Saiva
saint, 89, 259*, 262. Manmatha, s.a. Kama, 62. Mannadiyar, Dvarapala images in Pidari
temples, 224,1;. Mandiimani, the Sakti (goddess) ofManon-
mana (Siva igow. Mantra, portion of the Rig-Veda text,
37"-
Manus, the two, sons of Surya, 236 : the fourteen, 262.
Mara, s.a. Kama, 212/1.
maranl, attribute of Kama's arrow, 62.
Margali, solar month (December-January), 82.
margosa, tree, its leaves used in deco- rating the aragai-pot, 227 : - Naga- stones set up under it, 24.8.
Marika, s.a. SitaladevI, 224.
Mariyamma, r?0., 213, 223, 224.
Markandeya, sage, devotee of Siva, 132,
137-
Markandeya-Purana, 197. Marats, the seven (or forty-nine), 262. Matangirala (MatangI), epithet of Parvali,
224.
matha, the seat of a pontiff, 265. Matsya-Purana, 236. Maurya, dynasty, l68w. Mayamata, work on Arts, 26, 5<v/., 62, /3//,
76, 82, 84, loo/t, 103, 107, 114,
147, 194, 202, 243;;, 266. Mayurabhanja, Survey of (Nagenclra Natha
Vasu), quoted, ion, $2>i, 77, 97;;, i6iw, l84, 185, 187;;, 194^, 2i2,
, 22O/t, 223n.
Menaka, mother of Parvati, 107.
Meru, mountain, 236, 239: used as bow by Tripurantaka, 140.
Meypporul-Nayanar, Saiva saint, 262;;.
mirror, symbol of beauty in the hand of goddesses, 220, 267.
Mlechcbhas, foreigners, 47.
Mohini, female form of Vishnu, ion, 100, 230.
Moon, planet. 32, 73, 82, 239, 251 : re- presented by a crescent, 113 : - used as wheel to his chariot by Tripurantaka, 140 : one of the three eyes of Siva, 76.
Mrichchhakatika, Sanskrit drama, 178.
Mritasanjlvani, medical herb, 259/1.
Mudbidri, village in the South Canara district, 265.
Mudgala-Purana, work quoted in the Tattvanidhi, 173, 176.
Mudigondam, village in the Coimbatore district, 155.
