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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, 5i, 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.