313means the lady having the two fish (of
the sign Pisces) as her two eyes. Her
sight is a symbol of spiritual grace.Mitra : A solar God in the Ve-das. He presides over
the dawn in all its meanings. In the Ve-
dic rituals he represents the light in the
East which is wisdom. The term means
the Lord of All Measures.
Mrutha Sanjeevani : The Mantram through which the dead
souls are raised to life. The secret of
resurrection. This Mantram is used by
S’ukra, the preceptor of Asura-s, to bring
those Asura-s killed in the war with
Gods back to life. Kacha, the son of
Brihaspathi, came to Sukra and learnt it
from him.
Mu-la: An asterism which is located at the begin-
ning of the sign Sagittarius. Also a clus-
ter of stars located in the constellation
of Sagittarius. It has a direct correspon-
dence with Mu-la-dhara.
Mu-la-dha-ra : See Chakra-s.
Mu-laprakriti : Primordial matter and the deity who pre-
sides over it. All that which we call
matter is only a secondary manifesta-
tion of this.
NNahusha : Name of a king in Maha-bha-rata. See
Agastya.
Nakshatra : A system of division of the zodiac.
According to the Ve-dic schools of
astrology, the whole zodiac is divided
into 12, 27, 28, 30, 360 or 720 equal parts.
Each type of division serves a specific
purpose and is called the Nakshatra. The