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INDEX
732
.Maiulra, 540.
Mangalashta ceremony, 223-4,226.
Mantapam,
the, 229.
377.
Mantradaris, 142.
Mantrams, or prayers, committed
efficacy of, 138
to memory, 170
et seq., 197, 250, 563; funeral,
483, 485-7, 490-1, 494-5, 497 ;
initiatory, 118,524-5; magical,
of midwives,
333, 386, 388-9
of
of physicians, 141
142
peculiar to each
sorcerers, 142
propitiatory, 134
sect, 122 ;
sacrificial, 512 ; to various dei-
;
;
;
;
;
ties,
250 et
Manu, 145, 176 n., 416, 486 n.
Manu, Laws of, 501 n., 522 n.
617.
Metempsychosis, 556 et
3,
34
et
Marana Devi, 388.
Marava country, 17.
Margasirsha, 617.
Mari-amma, 582, 597-9.
Markandeya, 712, 713.
Markan deya-pura na, 416.
Marriage ceremonies, 217 et seq.
consummation of
child, 212
dancing-girls at, 585
231, 337
213-4,
230
217,
expenses,
games, 229
feasts, 226 et seq.
indissolu-
importance of, 205
intermarriage, 20
bility of, 211
months chosen
et seq., 34, 46
for, 213-4
pre-
of trees, 653
liminaries of, 213 et seq. ; pro-
cession, 230
revolting customs,
vow
rites, 217 et seq.
16, 17
widow
(the Arundhati), 230;
within the
remarriage, 24, 40
gotram, 22.
Mars, the planet, 236, 380, 381.
Materialistic philosophy, 410-11.
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
Mathura (Muttra),
624.
Matsya-avatar, 426, 616.
Mattas or Mattancharas, the, 122.
Maya, or illusion, 402 et seq., 407
Midwives, 142.
Military system of the Hindus, 667
et seq.
Milk as a beverage, 187.
Mill, James, xix.
Mimamsa
philosophy, 406, 410.
529 et
seq.,
of,
124.
Christianity.
Mitra, 259, 718.
Moabites, 631.
Moguls, 429, 672, 674.
Mogur, temple at, 595.
Mohini, 651.
Moksha, or supreme blessedness,
688, 695.
Moksha-sadhaka, 519-20, 538.
Money-lenders, 656-7, 665-6.
Monier- Williams, Sir M., 191 n.,
486
n.,
Monkey
144 et
536 et seq.
542
n.,
613
n.
worship,
271,
113, 120,
580, 617, 620, 623, 637-8.
n., 206 n., 576,
610, 612.
Moochis, or tanners, 63.
Moral stanzas, 474-82.
Morning ablutions, 238 et seq. ;
prayers, 236, 251 et seq.
Morsa-Okkala-Makkalu, the, 17.
Moses, 31, 46, 47, 180 n., 198, 199,
384 n., 417, 420, 525 n., 536.
Montesquieu, 191
Mottet, M.,
xii.
Mourners, hired, 352.
Mourning for the dead, 484 et seq.,
489 et seq.
Mudu-dorai, 596.
Muhurta ceremony, 221-2.
Muir, Dr., Old Sanskrit Texts, 44 n.
Midler,
et seq., 113, 517.
Meditation, the practice
561-
Missionary labours in India, xxv
et seq., 300 et seq.
See also
63
seq.,
seq.,
690.
Miracles, 592.
effects of machinery on, 94-5.
Manu-Sastras, 655.
Manuscripts, Hindu, 432.
seq., 520,
Mercury, the planet, 236, 379, 381.
Meru, Mount (Great Meru), 101,
Mimamsa-sastram,
seq.
Manufactures,
Melkota, temple of, 583.
Me moires de V Academie des Sciences,
102
n.,
Professor
403
Munisawmy
n.,
663
Max,
12 n.,
n.
Iyer, C. V., xxviii.