The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1405 page)

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Macumba
:
M
dhava
(Skt., ‘a descendant of Madhu’).
1
Any member of the tribe of Madhu, i.e. the Y
davas, whose kingdom and exploits are recounted in the
Mah
bh
rata
and the
Pur
as
. The most famous of the Y
davas was
K
a
.
2
According to tradition, M
dhav
c
rya, the ‘learned Madh
va’ (also called Vidy
ra

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