Mandakini River, 26, 242, 337, 363,
416 , 576, 577, 719
Mandala, 416
Mandaleshvar, 403, 416 – 417
Mandana Mishra, 417
Mandapa, architecture, 19, 52,
417 – 418 , 453
Mandara, 418 , 628
Mandir, 418
Mandodari, 24, 69, 297, 418 , 569
Mandu, 418 – 419 , 548
Mandukya Upanishad, 206, 229,
242, 261, 419 , 482, 714, 722
Mangal sutra, 419 , 772
Mangalam, 419
Manikarnika Ghat, 91, 161,
419 – 420
Manik Chandra, song of, 661
Manikkavachakar, poet, 420 , 618
Manimegalai,104, 420 , 608, 684
Manipura chakra, 137, 420 , 666.
See alsoChakras
Manipuri, dance, 103, 146,
420 – 421 , 484
Man lila, 421
Man-Lion avatar, 421 – 422 ,
461 – 462 , 518. See alsoVishnu
Manmatha, 422
Mansa Devi, 422 , 638
Manthara, 175, 330, 422 , 555
Mantra, 9, 53, 66, 67, 80, 118, 190,
197, 210, 245, 408, 422 – 423 ,
522, 587, 629, 688
dvadashakshara mantra, 213
japa, 315
mahamantra, 306, 405
mulamantra, 449
prayer beads, 24, 412Mantraraja, 423
Mantrashastra,^423
Manu, 48, 191, 228, 322, 423 , 424
Manu Smrti,190, 423 – 424 , 434,
461, 664
Manvantara, 424 , 532
Maranashaucha, 62, 165, 269,
424 , 628
Maratha, 424 , 407
Maratha Dynasty, 150, 287, 425 ,
509, 636
Margali, 425 , 685
Margashirsha, 425 , 612
festivals, 96, 219, 227, 444, 725
Marglin, Frederique Apffel, 71,
171, 529, 534, 781
Maricha, 425 – 426 , 557
Marichi, sage, 40, 70, 370, 426 ,
530, 574
Marijuana. See alsoIntoxicants
bhang, 101 – 102 , 287
charas, 143
Mariyammai, 426
Markandeya, sage, 25, 114, 426 , 445
Markandeya Purana,155, 186, 252,
426 – 427 , 533
Marriage. See alsoWomen
across caste, 87
adultery and, 11 – 12
agnipradakshinam marriage,
15, 16
aprashasta marriage, 49 , 69,
127, 233, 488
arranged marriage, 54 , 148, 185,
291, 393
Arsha marriage, 54 – 55 , 427, 523
asura marriage, 49, 68 – 69 ,
121, 427
auspicious marriage, 71, 492
Brahma marriage, 69, 121 – 122 ,
127, 203, 427, 523
brideprice, 127
child marriage, 16, 57, 148 , 179
Daiva marriage, 165 , 427, 523
dowry and, 54, 122, 127
eight classical forms, 427
gandharva marriage, 1, 49, 102,
233 – 234 , 427
hypergamous marriage, 46, 291
hypogamous marriage, 291 – 292