.

magic, witchcraft, 135, 137, 149, 151 ff., 477, 526.

Mah[=a]deva, 464;
mah[=a]dev[=i], 490.

Mah[=a]bh[=a]rata, see Bh[=a]rata.

Mah[=a]r[=a]jas, 505.

m[=a]h[=a]ris, 534.

mah[=a]tmaism, 486, 550, 562.

Mah[=a]v[=i]ra, 280 ff.

Mahecvaras, 482.

Mahmud, 436.

Mahrattas, 437.

M[=a]itreya, M[=a]itrakanyaka, 340, 479.

makara, 450.

Man, 508,
worshippers of, 481.

Manes (see Cr[=a]ddha), 10, 11, 132,
143 ff., 155, 173, 190, 250, 361,
364, 365, 446, 450, 452, 529, 530,
532, 533, 537.

Man-lion, 453, 470.

mantra, 174, 374, 440, 453, 491, 508.

Manu, 32, 128, 143, 169, 392;
code of, 263 ff., 391, 397, 399, 401;
verse attributed to, 487.

manvantara, 439.

M[=a]ra, 304, 346.

m[=a]rj[=a]ra ny[=a]ya, 501.

marka[t.]a ny[=a]ya, 501.

marriage-rites, 270, 421, 533.

marriage-tree, 541.

Maruts, 8, 56, 97 ff.

Mather, Cotton, 565.

matriarchy, 441, 541.

matter (see prak[r.]ti), 400.

M[=a]y[=a], see illusion.

May-day, 453.

meat-eating (see ahi[.m]s[=a]), 365, 368.

medh[=a], 452.

Megasthenes, 1, 458 ff.

Menandros, 545.

merias, 529.

metals, 35.

metempsychosis, 175, 199, 204, 286, 302, 347,
364, 401, 532, 533, 559;
in the Veda, 145, 432, 530.

methods of interpretation, 8, 12 ff., 22, 551.

Mihira, see Mithra.

Milinda, 545.

M[=i]m[=a][.m]s[=a], 495.

miracles, 430.

missionaries, 566 ff.

Mitra (see Varu[n.]a), 41, 44, 57, 60, 71, 138;
mitra, mihira, 423, 544.

Mohammedans, 436 ff., 482, 509, 524, 546 ff.

monks (see ascetic, bhik[s.]u, Sanny[=a]sin), 285, 324;
monasticism, 502, 557.

monkey (see Hanuman), 448, 452, 502, 547;
monkey-doctrine, 500.

monolith, worship of, 538.

monotheism, 11, 13, 67, 70, 139, 172, 413, 414,
427, 432, 442, 481, 483, 509, 547.

monsoon, 35.

moon (see eschalology, Gandharva, Soma), 185,
470, 480, 526, 533.

morals (see commandments, sin), 14, 143, 180,
203, 353, 375, 401, 443, 553, 570.

mother-divinities, 415, 492;
motherhoods, 534.

mountains, divine, 137, 359, 416, 461, 463, 528, 532, 537.

mouse, 532.

Mozoomdar, 519.

muni, 148, 520.

Munroe, Major, 566.

murder, 179, 475, 527.

music, 443.

M[=u][s.]ikas, 532.

mysticism (see Yoga), 504.

N[=a]gas (see dragon, snake), 536, 539.

N[=a]g[=a