{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/vp/vp176.htm","path":"hin/vp/vp176.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/vp/vp176.htm","text":"The Vishnu Purana, translated by Horace Hayman Wilson, [1840]\nM.\nMacrobius teaches God the limit of the universe, 215, n. 9.\nMadayant\u00ed, w. of Saud\u00e1sa, 381,\nM\u00e1dhava, a month, 225.\nM\u00e1dhavas, a tribe, descendants of Madhu the son of Vrisha, 418.\nMadhu, a month, 225:\nMadhu, s. of K\u00e1rttav\u00edrya, 417. s. of Vrisha, 418, s. of Devakshatra, 422. an Asura, killed by \u015aatrughna, 385.\nMadhumattas, a people, 191.\nMadhuvana, site of Mathura; 90.\nMadhuv\u00e1hin\u00ed, a river, 183.\nMadhw\u00e1charya, date of,x.\nMadhyadina, s. of Kalpa, 58, n. 1.\nMadhyandina, teacher of the white Yajush, 281, n. 5.\nMadir\u00e1, w. of Vasudeva, 439.\nMadra, s. of \u015aivi, 444.\nMadrabhujingas, a people, 187.\nMadras, a people, 177. and n. 6.\nM\u00e1dreyas, a people, 185.\nM\u00e1dr\u00ed, w. of P\u00e1\u0144d\u0301u, 437. 459. w. of Krish\u0144a, 578.\nMagadh\u00e1, a country; kings of, 456.\nM\u00e1gadha, 'bard,' origin of, 102.\nM\u00e1gadhas, a people, 177. and n. 6. 188.\nMagh\u00e1, a lunar mansion, 226, n. 21.\nMah\u00e1bhadra, a lake, 169.\nMah\u00e1bh\u00e1rata, a heroic poem, composed by Vy\u00e1sa, 275. lviii.\nMah\u00e1bhoja, s, of Satwata, 424.\nMah\u00e1deva, a Rudra, 58.\nMah\u00e1dhriti, a prince, 390.\nMah\u00e1gaur\u00ed, a river, 184.\nMah\u00e1jw\u00e1la, a hell, 207. crimes punished in, 208.\nMah\u00e1manas, a prince, 444.\nMah\u00e1mani, a prince, 444.\nMah\u00e1moha, 'extreme illusion;' kind of ignorance, 34, n. 2.\nMah\u00e1n\u00e1bha, s. of Hira\u0144y\u00e1ksha, 147.\nMah\u00e1nada, a river, 185, n. 80.\nMah\u00e1nandi, s. of Nandivarddhana, 467.\nMah\u00e1nila, a serpent, 149, n. 16.\nMah\u00e1nta, s. of Dh\u00edmat, 165.\nMah\u00e1padma, a serpent, s. of Kadru, 149. a king, s. of Mah\u00e1nanda, 467.\nMahapag\u00e1, a river, 183, n. 54.\nMah\u00e1purusha, name of Vish\u0144u, 2. 'supreme spirit,' ib. n. 2.\nMah\u00e1r\u00e1sht\u0301ra, a country, 188, n. 38.\nMahar-loka, heaven of celestials, 48, n. 10. site of, 213. remains at a Pralaya, 632.\nMah\u00e1roman, a prince, 390.\nMahaswat, a prince, 387.\nMahat, 'intellect,' first product of Pradh\u00e1na, 14. synonymes and definitions, 14, n. 22, threefold: origin of Ahank\u00e1ra, 15.\nMah\u00e1tala, a division of P\u00e1t\u00e1la, 204.\nMah\u00e1v\u00edra, s. of Priyavrata, 162, n. 2. son of Savana, 200.\nMah\u00e1v\u00edra, a division of Pushkara-dw\u00edpa, 200.\nMah\u00e1v\u00edrya, s. of Vrihaduktha, 390, s. of Bhavanmanyu, 450.\nMah\u00e1vishubha, equinoctial period, 225.\nMah\u00e1yuga, aggregate of four ages, 24, n. 4.\nMahendra, a range of mountains, 174. a star, 241.\nMahendr\u00e1, a river, 183.\nMahe\u015bwara produces V\u00edrabhadra, 65, sends him to disturb Daksha's sacrifice, 66.\nM\u00e1heyas, a people, 190.\nM\u00e1hikas (Mahishas), a people, 188.\nM\u00e1hishakas, a people, 189, n. 54. 192.\nMahishmat, a prince of the Yadu race, 416.\nM\u00e1hishmat\u00ed, a city, 189, n. 54.\nMahit\u00e1, a river, 182.\nMahodaya, a city; same as Kanoj, 399, n. 9.\nMahopam\u00e1, a river, 183.\nMahyuttaras, a people, 190.\nMain\u00e1ka, s. of Himavat, 85, n. 11. a mountain, 180, n. 3.\nMaitreya, disciple of Par\u00e1\u015bara, to whom the Vish\u0144u Pur\u00e1\u0144a is related in reply to his inquiries, 3. a Rishi; s. of Kusharava; one of the interlocutors of the Bh\u00e1gavata, 3, n. 10. s. of Mitr\u00e1yu, 454, n. 53.\nMaitreyas, a tribe of Brahmans from Mitrayu, 454, n. 53.\nMaitr\u00ed, 'friendship,' d. of Daksha, w, of Dharma, 55, n. 12.\nM\u00e1kand\u00ed, a city, 187, n. 20. 454, n. 49.\nMakar\u00ed, a river, 183.\nMaladas, a people, 190, n. 70.\nMalajas, a people, 190.\nM\u00e1las, a people, 185. and n. 5.\nM\u00e1lav\u00e1nas, a people, 193.\nM\u00e1l\u00e1varttis, a people, 185, n. 5.\nM\u00e1lavas, a people, 177. and n. 6. 193.\nMalaya, a chain of mountains, 174.\nMalayas, a people, 188.\nMalina, s. of Tansu, 448, n. 12.\nMallas, a people, 188.\nMallar\u00e1sht\u0301ra, a country, 188.\nMallavas, a people, 193.\nM\u00e1lyav\u00e1n, a mountain at the base of Meru, 169.\nManas, 'mind,' synonyme of Mahut, 14, n. 22.\nM\u00e1nasa, a form of Vish\u0144u, 265.\nM\u00e1nasa, a lake, 169.\nM\u00e1nasottara mountain, 200. cities of the gods on, 218.\nManaswin\u00ed, w. of Mrika\u0144d\u0301a, 82, n. 1.\nManasyu, s. of Mah\u00e1nta, 165. s. of Prav\u00edra, 447.\nM\u00e1navarjjakas, a people, 190,\nMancha, a platform, 553, note 4.\nMandag\u00e1, a river, 185, 11. 80.\nMandah\u00e1ra, an island, 175, n. 3.\nMa\u0144d\u0301akas, a people, 187, 193, n. 132.\nMand\u00e1kin\u00ed, a river, 184.\nMandav\u00e1hin\u00ed, a river, 184.\nM\u00e1ndehas, enemies of the sun, 222.\nM\u00e1ndh\u00e1tri, a prince, s. of Yuvan\u00e1\u015bwa, 363.\nM\u00e1\u0144d\u0301ukeya, teacher of the Rig-veda, 277.\nMangala, 'Mars,' s. of \u015aarva, 19.\nMangala-prastha, a mountain, 180, n. 3.\nManidh\u00e1na, a king, 480.\nManing\u00e1, a river, 184.\nManjul\u00e1, a river, 184.\nManojava, s. of the Rudra I\u015b\u00e1na, 59, s. of the Vasu Anila, 120. Indra of the sixth Manwantara, 263.\nManu, a sage presiding over a Manwantara, 23. computation of time of, 26, note, of the first period, 51. of the second, 260. third, 261, fourth and fifth, 262. sixth, 263. seventh, 264. eighth, 267. ninth to the twelfth, 268. thirteenth and fourteenth, 269. sons of each, 261, &c.\nManu, a Rudra, 59, n. 4. s. of Kris\u00e1\u015bwa, 123, n. 26.\nManwantara, nature and duration of, 24, n. 6. Indras, Manus, &c. of, 259.\nMarietta, s. of Sunda, 147, n. 1.\nMar\u00edchi, a Praj\u00e1pati, 49. marries Sambh\u00fati, 54. his posterity, 82, n. 2.\nMar\u00edchigarbhas, a class of deities, 268.\nM\u00e1rish\u00e1, d. of Ka\u0144d\u0301u and Pramloch\u00e1, 113. her former life, 114. married to the Prachetasas, 115.\nM\u00e1rka\u0144d\u0301eya, s. of Mrika\u0144d\u0301a, 82.\nM\u00e1rka\u0144d\u0301eya Pur\u00e1\u0144a, named, 284. analysis of, xxxiii. Marriage, directions for, 298. modes of, 299.\nM\u00e1rsht\u0301i, s. of S\u00e1ra\u0144a, 439.\nMarsht\u0301\u00edmat, e. of S\u00e1ra\u0144a, 439.\nM\u00e1rttikavatas, princes of Mrittik\u00e1vat\u00ed, 424.\nMara, s. of \u015a\u00edghra, 387. still living, ib. s. of \u015a\u00edghraga, 384, n. 15. s, of Haryaswa, 390.\nMarubhaumas, a people, 189, n. 63.\nMarudeva, a prince, 463.\nMarut-loka, heaven of the winds and Vai\u015byas, 48, n. 10.\nMaruts or 'winds,' forty-nine, the children of Diti, 152. sons of Marutwat\u00ed, 120. give Bharadwaja to Bharata, 449, n. 15.\nMarutta, s. of Avikshit, 352. his magnificence, 353. s. of Karandhama, 442.\nMarutwat\u00ed, d. of Daksha, w. of Dharma, 119. Mathura, a holy city, founded by \u015aatrughna, 90. conquered by him, 385.\nMati, 'understanding,' synonyme of Mahat, 14, n. 22.\nMatin\u00e1ra, s. of Riksha, 447, n. 1.\nMatku\u0144\u00e1, a river, 185, n. 80.\nM\u00e1tsya, teacher of the Rig-veda, 277, n. 8.\nMatsya, a minor Dw\u00edpa, 175, n. 3,\nMatsya Pur\u00e1\u0144a, notice of, 284. analysis of, li.\nM\u00e1tsyas, a people, 185, n. 6. 186, n. 12.\nMaudga, teacher of the S\u00e1ma-veda, 282.\nMaudgalyas, a class of Brahmans, 454.\nMaunas, a race of kings, 475, n. 64.\nMauneyas, a tribe of Gandharbas, 370.\nMauryas, kings of Magadh\u00e1, 468.\nM\u00e1y\u00e1, personified active will of the Creator, 21, n. 1. d. of Adharma, 55, n. 14. d. of Anrita, 56.\nM\u00e1y\u00e1dev\u00ed, finds and marries Pradyumna, 576. formerly Rat\u00ed, 577.\nMeasures, of time, 22. of land, 45, n. 6.\nMedha, s. of Priyavrata, 162.\nMedha, intelligence,' d. of Daksha, w. of Dharma, 54.\nMedhatithi, s. of Priyavrata, 162. k. of Plaksha-dw\u00edpa, ib. his sons, 197. s. of Ka\u0144wa, 448. 452.\nMedh\u00e1vin, a prince, 462.\nMedicine, branches and teachers of, 407, n. 11.\nMeghasw\u00e1ti, a prince, 472.\nMekala, a Rishi, father of Narmad\u00e1, 186, n. 18.\nMekal\u00e1, the Narmad\u00e1, 186, n. 18.\nMekalas, a people, 186.\nMen proceeded from Brahm\u00e1, 40.\nMen\u00e1, d. of the Pitris, 84. d. of Meru, w. of Himavat, 85, n. 11.\nMen\u00e1 (Sen\u00e1), a river, 183.\nMenak\u00e1, a divine nymph, 150, n. 21.\nMendicant, duties of, 295.\nMeru, w. of N\u00e1bhi, 163.\nMeru, mountain in the centre of Jambu-dw\u00edpa, 166. its dimensions and form, 167. and n. 2. mountain-ridges, cities of the gods, 169. rivers, 170. situation, 171. boundaries, 172. Merubh\u00fatas, a people, 189.\nMeru-mandara mountain, south of Meru, 168, n. 6.\nMeru-s\u00e1var\u0144is, the ninth to the twelfth Manu, 268, n. 8.\nM\u00edm\u00e1ns\u00e1, 'theology,' 284.\nM\u00ednaratha, a prince, 390.\nMind, an organ of sense, 18.\nMisrake\u015b\u00ed, a nymph, 150, n. 21.\nMithi, a prince, s. of Nimi, 389. father of Janaka, ib. n. 3.\nMithil\u00e1, a country, 389, n. 3.\nMitra, an \u00c1ditya, 122. presides over the organs of excretion, 17, n. 28. s. of Va\u015bisht\u0301ha, 83, n. 8.\nMitrasaha, s. of Sud\u00e1sa, a prince, 380.\nMitravrind\u00e1, w. of Krish\u0144a, 578.\nMitrayu, a teacher of the Pur\u00e1\u0144as, 283. s. of Divod\u00e1sa, 454.\nMlechchas, degraded Kshatriyas, 375. people of the west and south of India, 376, n. 18. 442, n. 4. subjects of Turvasu, ib. n. 5. people of the north, 443. kings of, 477. 482, n. 76.\nMoha, 'stupefaction,' a property of sensible objects, 17, n. 27. a kind of ignorance, 34, n. 2.\nMonotheism of the Pur\u00e1\u0144as, 19, n. 33.\nMonths, four kinds, 223, n. 16.\nMoon, produced from the ocean, 76. chariot and horses of, &c. 237. source of ambrosia, ib.\nMot, of the Ph\u0153nicians; analogy of with Mahat, q. v., 13, n. 19.\nMountains, boundary; of the earth, 167. of Meru, 169. 171. of Bh\u00e1rata-varsha, 174. of the different Dw\u00edpas, 197, et seq.\nMountaineers, tribes of, 101, n. 4.\nMrigav\u00edth\u00ed, a division of the lunar mansions, 226, n. 21.\nMridu, a prince, 462.\nMridura, a prince, 435.\nMriga\u015biras, a lunar mansion, 226, n. 21.\nMrigavy\u00e1dha, a Rudra, 121.\nMrika\u0144d\u0301a, s. of Vidh\u00e1tri and Niryati, 82.\nMrittik\u00e1vat\u00ed, a city, 424.\nMrityu, 'death,' s. of Brahm\u00e1, 50, n. 2. s. of Bhaya; his children, 56. s. of Kali, 56, n. 14. a Rudra, 121, n. 17. a Vy\u00e1sa, 272.\nMuchukunda, s. of M\u00e1ndh\u00e1tri, 363. destroys K\u00e1layavana, 567. praises Krish\u0144a, 567. goes to Gandham\u00e1dana, 569.\nMuda, s. of Dharma, 55, n. 13.\nMudgala, teacher of the Rig-veda, 277. a prince, s. of Haryaswa, 454.\nMuh\u00fartta, a measure of time, thirty Kal\u00e1s, 22. twelve Kshanas; thirty Kal\u00e1s and one-tenth; two N\u00e1rik\u00e1s, 22, n. 3.\nMuh\u00fartt\u00e1, d. of Daksha, w. of Dharma, 119.\nM\u00faka, s. of Upasunda, 147, n. 1.\nMukhyas, a class of deities, 267.\nMuktimat\u00ed, a river, 184.\nMukunda, a mountain, 169.\nM\u00fal\u00e1, a lunar mansion, 226, n. 21.\nM\u00falaka, a prince; also N\u00e1rikavacha, 383.\nMummies, prepared by the Hindus, 388, n. 2.\nMu\u0144d\u0301as, a race of kings, 474. 475, n. 64.\nMuni, any sage, 4, &c.\nMun\u00ed, d. of Daksha, w. of Ka\u015byapa, 122.\nMunjake\u015ba, a teacher of the Atharva-veda, 283.\nMura, slain by Krish\u0144a, 582.\nM\u00fartt\u00ed, 'form,' d. of Daksha, w. of Dharma, 55, n. 12.\nMurundas, a race of kings, 475, n. 64.\nMusala, 'a club,' born of \u015a\u00e1mba for the destruction of the Y\u00e1davas, 607.\nM\u00fashikas, a people, 192.\nMusht\u0301ika killed by Balar\u00e1ma, 557.","title":"The Vishnu Purana: Index: M","type":"page"}