The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism (2 Vol Set)

Lingayat community, 29, 87, 99,

185, 314, 353, 354, 390 – 391 ,

402, 571, 757

Lion, 63, 391 , 410. See alsoAnimals

Man-Lion avatar, 421 – 422

Liquor, 229, 305, 391. See also

Intoxicants

Living Banaras(Hertel/Humes),

172, 755

Lochtefeld, James G., 452

Lohar, 391 – 392

Lohari, 392

Lokacharya, Pillai, 392 , 694

Lokayata, 392

Lopamudra, 14, 392

Lorenzen, David, 37, 329, 349,

387, 452

Lost wax casting, 392. See

alsoBronzes

Lota, 392 – 393

Lothal, 263, 335, 393

Lotus, 186, 393 , 408

Lotus position. SeePadmasana

Love of God According to Saiva

Siddhanta(Dhavamony), 619

Love of God and Social Duty

(Babineau), 552

Love marriage, 54, 393. See also

Marriage

The Love Song of the Dark Lord

(Miller), 176, 250, 318, 372, 542

The Love Songs of Vidyapati

(McGregor), 750

Lunar Line, 293, 393 , 501, 532,

549, 659

Lunar month, 393 – 394 , 445, 471,

489, 491, 612, 628, 647. See

alsoCalendar

Lutgendorf, Philip, 358, 564

M

McGee, Mary, 768

McGregor, R.S., 460, 718, 750

McKean, Lise, 566, 611, 762

McLeod, W. H., 597

Madan, T. N., 20, 63, 190, 294, 471,

530, 534, 535, 567, 575, 605, 773

Madhava, 395 , 447, 477–478, 499,

604, 686. See also

Philosophers

Madhima, 395 , 650

Madhu, 186, 252, 395 , 408

Madhurya, 378

Madhurya Bhava, 395 – 396 , 442

Madhusudana Saraswati, 396

Madhva, 123, 145, 213, 396. See

alsoPhilosophers

Madhya Pradesh, 11, 16, 93, 109,

182, 255, 396 , 718–719

sites, 30, 85, 346, 365–366, 414,

418–419, 463

Madmaheshvar, 340, 364,

396 – 397 , 494, 577

Madri, 67, 210, 397 , 400, 456, 495,

496, 582

Madurai, 198, 293, 397 – 398 ,

438, 470, 496, 571, 587, 630,

685, 701

festivals, 151, 229

Madya, 166, 398 , 492

Magh, 398 , 613, 741

festivals, 29, 111, 219, 227, 229,

318–319, 339–340, 398,

432–433, 569–570, 583, 627

Magha, poet, 398 , 403, 632

Magh Mela, 29, 227, 339,

398, 398 – 399. See also

Kumbha Mela

Magic, 96, 209, 238, 253, 399 , 432,

433, 461, 518, 527, 557, 574,

605, 622, 650, 688, 742, 747

black, 35, 152

sorcery, 80

Mahabalipuram, 399 , 409, 462,

490, 547, 685

Mahabharata,2, 6, 10, 32, 33, 37,

53, 65, 66, 67, 73, 82, 93, 101,

106, 109, 110, 127, 138, 168,