K 538 Encyclopedia of HinduismMadhva (continued)
Vallabha 475
Vedanta 483
Vedanta Sutra 485
Madurai
Chittirai festival 112
Minakshi 289–290
magic 120
Mahabalipuram
(Mamallapuram) xxixc,
266–268, 267
Ardhanarishvara 43
Mauritius 281
Mahabharata xxi, xxviiic,
268–269
Agastya 13
Airavata 18
Arjuna 43, 44
Badrinath 64
Bhagavad Gita 73
Bharat 79
Bhima 83
Bhishma 84
Birla Mandir 86
Charvaka 105
demonic beings 124
dharma 131
Draupadi 136, 137
Drona 138
Durvasas 141
Duryodhana 141
Ganesha 162
Ganges 164
guru 174
Hanuman 177
heaven 182
Indonesia 195
Kanya Kumari 227
Kathakali 230
Kauravas 232
Krishna 238
Kshatriya 250
Kurukshetra 253
R. K. Narayan 306
Pandavas 322
Parashurama avatar 324
puranas 337
Pushkara 339
rishi 367
Sanskrit 382
Shaivism 396
Shakti 399
Shiva 406
Vaishnavism 474
Vayu 480
Veda(s) 482
Videha 486
Vishnu 491, 492
Vyasa 496
yaksha 508
Yama 508
Yudhishthira 517
Mahabhutas 318Mahadevi
goddess 168
Shakta 398
Shakti 400
Maharaj Ji, Guru. See Rawat,
Prem
Maharashtra xxxvc
Maharshi Mahesh Yogi xxxvic
Mahashivaratri 269, 281
mahatmas 87
mahavakyas 103, 269–270
Mahavira xx, xxviic, xxviiic,
270–272, 271
Abu, Mount 4
Benares 70
caste system xxiii
Jain festivals 207–208
Jainism 208, 209, 211
Kshatriya 250
Guru Sushil Kumar 251
Neminatha 311
Parshvanath 324–325
Purvas 338
Rishabha 366
Shvetambara 410
stotra 423
Tirthankara 449
Videha 486
mahayuga 272
kalpa 223
time in Hindu tradition
447
Yuga 517–518
Mahendranath, Sri (Lawrence
Amos Miles) 272–273
Mahesh Yogi, Maharishi
273–274
rishi 367
Rishikesh 367
Transcendental Meditation
451, 452
United Kingdom 463
Mahishasura 103
Malakara Orthodox Church
113
Malayalam language 137
Malaysia xxixc, xxxc, xxxviic,
274, 274–275
Malvikagnimitra (Kalidasa) 222
manas 21, 275
Mandukya Upanishad 275
Gaudapada 164
mahavakyas 270
om 319
states of consciousness
422
mangala 23, 275–276
Nayanmars 309
Saiva Siddhanta 375
Tirumurai 449
Tiruvacakam 450, 451
manipura chakra 102,
276–277mantra 277–278
acharya 5
Adipurana 7
ahamkara 17
Amritanandamayi Ma 26
Anandamayi Ma 32
Aryaman 47
Arya Samaj 48
Bhartrihari 81
bija mantra 85
brahman 91
Brahmana 91
Brahmin 92
Sri Krishna Chaitanya
101
Dasha Mahavidya 119
diksha 134
Gaudiya Vaishnavite
Society 166
Gayatri Mantra 167
goddess 168
Himalayan International
Institute 183
icons 193
ISKCON 199
Kabir 219, 220
Krishna 240
Lahiri Mahasaya 256
Mahashivaratri 269
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
273
meditation 284
Mimamsa 289
Nayanmars 309
Nisargadatta Maharaj 314
om 319
Sri Harilal Poonja 331
puja 336
Rakshabandhan 346
Rama Navami 352
Swami Ramdas 356
Yogi Ramsuratkumar 360
reincarnation/rebirth 364
rishi 366
Sai Baba of Shirdi 374
samsara 379
Sanskrit 382
Sant Mat movement 383
shanti 403
Shanti Mandir 403
shruti 409
Sri Vidya 422
Sunyata 427
tantrism 438, 439
temple 441
Tevaram 443
Transcendental Meditation
451, 452
Upanishads 471–472
vairagya 473
Vallabha 476
Veda(s) xix, 481
vidya 487
Virashaivas 489Vyasa 496
yajna 507
yoga 512
Manu xxviiic, 278
Dharmashastra 131
Kapila 228
manvantara 278
Matsya avatar 280
pancha makara 321
papa 323
time in Hindu tradition
447
manvantara 278
Manu 278
time in Hindu tradition
447
Mariyamman 278–279
Shitala 405
Singapore 415
marriage
gotra 170
reforms xxiii, xxiv
samskara 380
sati (suttee) 389
women and Hinduism
500
Mars (planet) 275–276
Marshall, Sir John xxxvc
Maruts 279, 369
masts 286
Mata, Sri Daya 279–280
Self-Realization Fellowship
393, 394
Paramahansa Yogananda
514
Matangi 120–121
math 280
Shankaracharya Order
402
Jagad Guru
Siddhaswarupananda
411
Mather, Cotton 464
Matsya avatar 280, 492
Matsyendranatha xxxc
Mauritius xxxiic, xxxvc,
xxxviic, 280–282
Africa, Hinduism in 11,
12
Diaspora 131, 132
Mauryan Empire xxviiic
maya 282
adhyasa 6
advaita 9
Meher Baba 286
Shankara 402
Vedanta 483
Mayo, Katherine 293–294
Ma Yoga Shakti International
Mission 282–283
McDonald’s 283
meat-eating 283
ahimsa 18
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Manikkavacakar xxxc, 276