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Madana | Cupid, the demigod who incites lust in living beings. |
Madana-mohana | the Supreme Lord, Kåñëa, who enchants even Cupid. |
Mädhäi | [See:] Jagäi and Mädhäi |
Mädhukaré | a system of begging adopted by a mendicant. |
Mädhurya-lélä | Lord Kåñëa's pastimes of conjugal love with His eternal associates. |
Mädhurya-rasa | the spiritual relationship in which the Supreme Lord and His devotee reciprocate as lovers. |
Madhusüdana | the Supreme Lord, Kåñëa, killer of the demon Madhu. |
Madhväcärya | a great thirteenth-century Vaiñëava spiritual master who preached the theistic philosophy of pure dualism. |
Mädré | the co-wife (with Kunté) of King Päëòu and the mother of Nakula and Sahadeva. |
Magadha | a province of ancient India . |
Mahäbhärata | Vyäsadeva's epic history of greater India , which includes the events of the Kurukñetra war and the narration of [Bhagavad-gétä]. |
Mahäbhärata-tätparya-nérëaya | Madhväcärya's version of [Mahäbhärata.] |
Mahä-bhäva | the highest stage of love of God. |
Mahädeva | [See:] Çiva |
Mahäjanas | great self-realized souls, authorities on the science of Kåñëa consciousness. |
Mahä-lakñmé | [See:] Lakñmé |
Mahä-mantra | the great chant for deliverance: Hare Kåñëa, Hare Kåñëa, Kåñëa Kåñëa, Hare Hare/ Hare Räma, Hare Räma, Räma Räma, Ha re Hare. |
Mahämäyä | the illusory, material energy of the Supreme Lord. |
Mahä-prasädam | the remnants of food directly offered to the Deity of Lord Kåñëa. |
Mahä-puruña | the Supreme Lord, who is the supreme enjoyer. |
Mahäräja | a title for a great king or sage. |
Mahä-ratha | a powerful warrior who can single-handedly fight against ten thousand others. |
Maharloka | a heavenly planet. |
Mahä-roga | severe illness. |
Mahätmä | a "great soul," an exalted devotee of Lord Kåñëa. |
Mahat-tattva | the original, undifferentiated form of the total material energy, from which the material world is manifested. |
Mahä-Viñëu | the expansion of the Supreme Lord from whom all material universes emanate. |
Mahendra | Lord Indra, the King of heaven. |
Maheçvara | [See:] Çiva |
Mahimä | the mystic ability to become unlimitedly large. |
Maitreya Muni | the great sage who spoke [Çrémad-Bhägavatam] to Vidura. |
Makara-dhvaja | [See:] Cupid |
Mänasa-gaìgä | a sacred river that flows in Våndävana along part of the base of Govardhana Hill. |
Maìgala-ärati | the daily predawn worship ceremony knowing the Deity of the Supreme Lord. |
Maëigréva | a son of Kuvera cursed by Närada Muni to take birth as an [arjuna] tree. He was ultimately liberated by Lord Kåñëa. |
Maëimän | the Supreme Lord, who is always ornamented with brilliant jewels. |
Maïjaré | the small, purplish flowers of the [tulasé] plant. |
Mano-maya | (consciousness) absorbed in mental activity. |
Mantra | a transcendental sound or Vedic hymn that can deliver the mind from illusion. |
Manu | a demigod son of Brahmä who is the forefather and lawgiver of the human race. There is a succession of fourteen Manus during each day of Brahmä. |
Manu-saàhitä | the scriptural law book for mankind, given by Manu. |
Manu, Sväyambhuva | [See:] Sväyambhuva Manu |
Manu, Vaivasvata | [See:] Vaivasvata Manu |
Manvantara | 4,320,000 years |
Manvantara-avatäras | the special incarnations of the Supreme Lord who appear during the reign of each Manu. |
Marakata-maëi | an emerald. |
Maréci | one of the great sages who were born directly from Lord Brahmä. |
Märiñä | the society girl of the heavenly planets sent by Indra to seduce the sage Kaëòu. |
Märkaëòeya Puräëa | the [Puräëa] of Märkaëòeya Åñi. |
Martya-loka | the "world of death," the earth planet. |
Marudloka | the planet of the storm-god associates of King Indra. |
Maruts | the storm-god associates of King Indra. |
Maöha | a monastery. |
Mathurä | Lord Kåñëa's abode, surrounding Våndävana, where He took birth and to which He later returned after performing His child hood pastimes in Våndävana. |
Matsya | the fish incarnation of the Supreme Lord. |
Mauñala-lélä | the pastime of the Yadu dynasty's departure from the earth. |
Mäyä | the inferior, illusory energy of the Supreme Lord, which rules over this material creation; also, forgetfulness of one's relationship with Kåñëa. |
Maya Dänava | the architect of the demons. |
Mäyä-sukha | material happiness, which is illusory and temporary. |
Mäyäväda | the impersonal philosophy propounding the unqualified oneness of God and the living entities and the non-reality of manifest nature. |
Mäyävädé | an impersonalist philosopher who conceives of the Absolute as ultimately formless and the living entity as equal to God . |
Menakä | the famous society girl of the heavenly planets who seduced the sage Viçvämitra. |
Mémäàsakas | atheistic philosophers who say that even if God exists, He is obliged to reward us the fruits of our work. |
Mitra | demigod who controls death. |
Mlecchas | uncivilized humans, outside the Vedic system of society, who are generally meat-eaters. |
Moha | illusion. |
Mohiné | the Supreme Lord's incarnation as the most beautiful woman. |
Mokña | liberation from material bondage. |
Mådaìga | a clay drum used in congregational chanting. |
Müòha | a foolish, ass-like person. |
Muhürta | a period of forty-eight minutes. |
Mukta-puruña | a liberated person. |
Mukti | liberation from material bondage. |
Mukti-devé | the demigoddess who is the personification of liberation. |
Mukunda | the Supreme Lord, who is the giver of liberation. |
Müla-mantra | a short Sanskrit incantation uttered before one offers an item of worship to the Deity of Kåñëa or His expansions. |
Muni | a sage. |
Muni-putra | son of a sage. |
Muräri | Kåñëa, the enemy of the demon Mura. |
Muraripu (Muradviña) | the Supreme Lord, Kåñëa, killer of the demon Mura. |
Mystic yoga | [yoga] performed for the purpose of developing subtle material powers. |
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