;
līlā-mūrtis
of Śiva
174
liṅga
20
,
135
,
136
,
170
–
174
; threefold
171
,
172
; worship
173
; in centre of sanctuaries
176
; from different materials
176
lingācāra
171
Liṅga Purāṇa
13
,
144
,
159
; Śiva’s dance
153
; Śiva Advaita
168
Liṅga-śarīra
142
,
172
Liṅgasthala
171
Lihgāyats
138
lion, Devī’s
vāhana
203
Lipner, J.
131
lobha
246
Logic
237
Lokacarya Pillai
106
,
130
,
133
Lokāyatas
257
Lomaśa, Ṛṣi
58
Lord of Cattle
140
Lorenzen, D.N.
134
Macdonell, A.A.
47
,
73
,
127
Mackichan, D.
132
mada
209
Mādhava
82
,
100
,
159
,
138
,
169
,
178
Madhu
92
,
206
mādhurya-bhakti-rasa
116
Madhusūdana
91
,
100
Madhusūdana Saraswatī
258
Madhva
27
; on Indra-Vṛtra
57
,
86
; five differences
107
; nature of Viṣṇu
107
;
bhakti
108
; final
mokṣa
108
,
115
; importance of guru
131
Madhyadeśa
19
Magadha
27
Maghamelā
82
Mahā-Purāṇas
12
Mahābana
25
Mahabhāgavata Purāṇa
199
Mahābhārata
9
,
12
; on Indra-Vṛtra
58
–
62
,
76
; Vaiṣṇnava-Kṛṣṇaitic
87
; Dakṣa’s sacrifice
145
–
147
,
159
Mahābhārata war
10
,
42
Mahābhāṣya
252
Mahādeva
144
,
137
,
155
; title of Śiva
150
,
172
Mahādevan, T.M.P.
187
,
229
,
259
,
284
Mahāgaurī
207
Mahākailāsa
173
Mahākālī, associated with Śiva
192
,
196
Mahālakṣmī
192
,
207
Mahāliṅga
171
Mahāmāyā
211
Mahānīārā
200
Mahānirvāṅa Tantra
209
,
216
,
222
Mahāpāśupata
vrata
143
mahāpralaya
98
,
160
Maharaja libel case
111
MahasadaŚiva images
176
mabāsakha-mālā
209
mahat
243
Māhātmyas
19
Mahāvīra, Tirthāṅkara
20
Mahāyogi
177
Mahendra Varman I
137
Mahesh Yogi Maharishi
277
Maheśvara
177
; Maheśvara-bhakti
171
Maheśvarī
204
Mahiṣāsura
201
See also
Devī
Mahiṣāsura
201
Mahmud of Ghazni
20
maithuna
209
Maitrū Upaniṣad;
Viṣṇu the highest
Brahman
86
Majumdar, A.K.
133
Majumdar, R.C.
181
,
229
Māl
123
mala
, fivefold
159
,
162
Malaviya, Pandit Madan Mohan
29
Malville, K.
281
maṃsa
209
Mangalacaṅḍī
207
Mānasarovara
61
,
65
Maṅḍana Miśra
68
,
258
Māṅḍukya Upaniṣad Kārikās
255
Maṅgalā
207
Maṅidvīpa
202
Manikkavācakar
179
,
187
,
227
Manjul, V.L.
79
Manonmanī
213
mantra
172
;
mantra-japa
121
;
mantra-śāstra
191
Mantrārtha Rahasya
110
Manu
231
;
Manusmṛti
12
; Manū
194
Maraijñāana Deśikar
165
Maravārs
190
Mārkañdeya
173
;
Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa
13
,
201
,
203
,
219
Marshall, Sir John
135
maruḷ
165
Mataṅgī
211
Mathurā
18
,
19
–
23
,
31
,
81
,
94
,
119
,
137
Maticandra
233
Matṛkās
200
,
207
matsya
209
;
avatāra
91
;
Matsya Purāṇa
13
,
76
,
77
,
128
,
144
Maugham, Somerset
280
Mauryas
8
māyā
5
; connected with Śiva
142
,
162
,
170
; as reality
215
Māyā (Haridwar)
18
Māyā, divine architect
150
māyā-śakti
117
Mazumdar, B.C.
76
McLeod, W. H.
133
Megasthenes
31
,
81
Mehrgarh
38
,
41
Menā
195
Menuhin, Yehudi
280
Merutantra
16
Meykanda
161
,
185
Mihirakula
137
Mīmāṃsā
10
,
250
Mīmāṃsā-sūtras
68
,
79
Mīmāṃsākas, hostile to Śiva
153
Mīrābāī
130
Mishra, U.
78
Miśra-Śaivas
170
mithyājñāna
159
Mitraka
159
moha
246
Mohenjo Daro
36
mok
a;
Rāmānuja
105
; Nimbārka
110
,
112
,
117
,
163
; Kāśmīr Śaivism
169
; Vaiśeṣika
235
; Nyāya
238
Monchanin, Abbé
281
Mora inscription
81
Mṛgendra-āgama
161
Mṛtyuñjaya
152
mudrā
209
Muka
155
mukhaliṅga
174
Mukherjea, R.
130
mukta
105
,
167
,
173
mukti
104
,
117
,
160
,
164
,
166
mukti-dātā
104
mukti-yogyas
98
Mūlaprakṛtī
215
Müller, F.M
35
,
36
,
45
,
49
,
73
,
268
,
281
Mumme, P. Y.
131
Mumukṣupadi
106
Munda
203
mūrti
118
,
119
Muyālaka
153
Nāgas
31
Nahuṣa
61
Naiṣkarmyasiddhi
258
Nakulin
158
Nakulīśa
137
Nalayira Divya Prabandham
123
nāma-japa
123
nāma-kīrtaṇa
122
Nāmadeva
124
Nammāḷvār
102
,
123
Nanaghāt inscription
81
Nandā
207
Nandi
174
; Nandīśvara
avatāra
155
Nārada
93
Nāradīya Purāṇa
13
Narasiṃhī
204
Nārāyaṇa
80
,
82
,
89
–
91
; son of Dharma
90
,
98
,
100
,
150
Nāryaṇa Bhaṭṭa
29
Nārāyaṇa Kavaca
63
,
64
,
93
,
122
Nātha Muni
103
nātya-līlā
of Śiva
153
Nātyaśāstra
153
Navya-Nyāya
237
–
238
Navadurgā
212
Nayan(m)ārs
137
,
161
,
170
Nehru, Jawaharlal
272
Neo-Caitanya movement
118
Neumann, E.
188
nīdrā-rūpinī
198
Nīlā
101
Nīlagrīva
140
Nīlakaṇṭha
140
,
148
Nīlakaṇṭhī
212
Nimāditya
110
Nimbārka
110
,
115
;
Vedāntasūtrabhāṣya