love marriage, 54, 393
mangal sutra, 419
nudity in, 479 – 480
paishacha marriage, 49,
427, 488
polyandry, 204, 514
polygamy, 514
prajapatya marriage, 427,
519 , 523
prashasta marriage, 55, 523
rakshasa marriage, 49, 427, 550Marriage celebration, 115
Marriage ceremony, 56, 427 – 428 ,
714, 772
barat, 87
Saptapadi, 601Marriage customs, panigrahana,
428, 497
Marriage prohibitions, 102, 429
Marriot, McKim, 132, 153, 287, 535
Mars, 246, 429 , 486, 712, 771
Marshall, Sir John, 429
Martand, 429 – 430
temple, 357
Marty, Martin, 58, 517, 566
Marut, 430
Marwari, 78, 430
Masi, 430 , 685
Materialist, 22, 143, 319, 373,
395, 430 , 464, 516, 521, 525,
604, 617Maths, 50, 64, 113, 345, 430 – 431 , 643
Mathur, K. S., 190
Mathura, 24, 92, 112, 126, 127, 172,
184, 344, 370, 410, 431 , 442,
616, 718Mathurakavi, 29, 431 , 459
Matrilinear succession, 303, 431 ,
- See alsoWomen
Matsya, 166, 431 – 432 , 492
Matsya avatar, 432
Matsyagandhi, 432
Matsyendranath, guru, 257, 432 ,
438, 719
Matter, primeval, 432
Mauni, 432
Mauni Amavasya, 227, 398,
432 – 433
Mauritius, 261, 433
Maurya, Chandragupta, 55, 63,
139, 141 – 142 , 360, 433, 434,
446, 758
family, 117
Maurya Dynasty, 55, 63, 93, 116,
125, 139, 141, 197, 366, 433 ,
446, 527, 758
May You Be the Mother of a
Hundred Sons(Bumiller), 302
Maya, 12, 199, 433 , 443, 461, 505, 618
Maya Devi, 433 – 434
Mayapur, 434 , 468
Mayashiva, 434
Meat, 157, 159, 434. See alsoEating
Medhatithi, 434
Medicine. SeeAyurveda
Megasthenes, 142, 434 – 435
Meghaduta,336, 403, 435 , 445
Meghanada, 40, 435
Meher Baba, 435
Mehndipur, 51, 435
deities, 83
Mela, 435 – 436
Mélanges D’Indianisme à la
Mémoire de Louis Renou
(Brown), 6
Mena, 436 , 503, 720
Menaka, 1, 49, 436 , 621
Menstruation, 436
Merchants, 85–86
Mercury, 28, 153, 193, 246, 324, 436 ,
436 – 437 , 486, 564, 669, 771
Meru, 436
Metalwork. See alsoBronzes
lost wax casting, 128
Meter, poetry, 5, 47, 140, 146, 437
Mewar, 437 , 548. See alsoPainting
Miller, Barbara Stoller, 94, 106,
176, 250, 318, 372, 542, 626