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Maa
Mother. There are five mothers - Gaayatree, Tulasee, Gangaa, Kaamdhenu and Arundhatee (Vashishth's wife).

Maadhav
(1) Another name of Krishn, because He killed Madhu named Daitya.  (2) Related to Spring season.

Maadhyandin
One of the two rescensions of the Sanhitaa of Shukla Yajur Ved.- Maadhyandin and Kaanv. The former one is the popular version.

Maagh

Maagh Snaan

Maaghavan
Related to Indra.

Maalatee
Jasmine flower. Chamelee flower.

Maalatee Maadhav
Name of a drama written by Bhavabhooti based on passion and love.

Maalinee
Female florist.

Maalvikaagnimitra
Name of a drama written by Kaalidaas based on the love story of Shung King Agnimitra and princess Maalvikaa.

Maanas
(1) Lake.  (2) Mental.

Maanas Putra
In the earliest times children were born by just touching, imagining, sneezing etc. The children who were born by just thinking or intending were called Maanas (mentally produced) Putra (sons). Brahmaa Jee thus produced 10 sons - (1) Atri, (2) Mareechi, (3) Angiraa, (4) Pulastya, (5) Pulah, (6) Kratu, (7) Bhrigu, (8) Vashishth, (9) Daksh, and (10) Naarad. They were all Brahmaa's Maanas Putra.

Maandookya Upanishad
One of the genuine Upanishads.

Maansaahaaree     see also    Shaakaahaaree
Non-vegetarian food or person. It includes food made from all kinds of living beings, normally except human being.

Maarkandeya Puraan      see also      Puraan
One of the 18 genuine Puraan. It was written about 9th century AD. It contains the prayer for Durgaa which has become known as "Devee Mahaatmya", or "Chandeepaath", or "Durgaa Saptshatee" and is recited throughout India by the worshippers of Devee. Other than this, Maarkandeya Puraan does not have seem to have much value as a piece of religious literature.

Maartand
Another name of the Soorya (the Sun).

Maas
Month.

Maataa
Mother. There are five mothers - Gaayatree, Tulasee, Gangaa, Kaamdhenu and Arundhatee (Vashishth's wife).

Maatrikaa
(1) There are 16 Maatrikaa, their names are - Gauree, Padmaa, Shachee, Medhaa, Saavitree, Vijayaa, Jayaa, Devasenaa, Swadhaa, Swaahaa, Maatrikaayen, Vaidhriti, Dhriti, Pushti, Hrishti, and Tushti. They should be worshipped before worshipping planets. One must worship them at the time of increase in one's family, for example at the time of birth, marriage, opening a new business etc.  (2) Letters of Hindee Alphabets - a, aa, i, ee, u, oo etc.

Maayaa

Madan
Another name of Kaam Dev.

Madan-Gopaal
Another name of Krishn - means "loving cowherd".

Madan-Mohan
Who deluges Madan (Kaam Dev), means Krishn.

Madhu
(1) Honey.  (2) Spring season.  (3) An ancestor of Krishn because of whom he acquired the name Maadhav.  (4) Name of a Daitya, killed by Vishnu, because of which Vishnu and Krishn are called Madhusoodan - the slayer of Madhu.

Madhukar
Black bee, or Bumble bee. Bhanvaraa.  Bhramar.

Madhupark
Mixture of milk, yogurt, and honey,

Madhuraa    see    Mathuraa

Maadhyandin    see also    Yajur Ved
One of the two, and the more popular, rescensions of Shukla Yajur Ved

Mahaabhaya
Terror.

Mahaabhishek
Mahaa+Abhishek = Solemn anointing of the Lord's image.

Mahaabhoot
The basic elements - Space, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth.

Mahaadev
The great God. Another name of Shiv.

Mahaakaal
Another name of Shiv. He has a temple with this name in Ujjain, MP - Mahaakaaleshwar Temple.

Mahaakaalee     see also      Durgaa's Names
Another name of Durgaa.

Mahaamaayaa
Another name of Prakriti. The Great illusion.

Mahaamantra
Mahaa+Mantra = the Great Divine hymn.

Mahaarathee
Mahaa+Rathee = Great warrior, or great charioteer.

Mahaatmaa
(1) Great soul.  (2) Noble person.

Maharshi
Great sage.

Maharshi
Great sage.

Mahat Tattwa
(1) The total material energy. (2) Soul. The form of Aatmaa when it is attached to body. Thus the Aatmaa remains Aatmaa until he takes up a body in this world. As soon as he takes up the body, he is called Jeev. The part of Paramaatmaa that lives in all living beings. He is called Jeev or Sootraatmaa also.

Mahesh
Another name of Shiv.

Mahilaa Rishi
Among the women to whom the hymns of Rig Ved are attributed. The most outstanding ones are Lopaamudraa, Vishwaaraa, Apaalaa and Ghoshaa. It is not clear that whether Lopaamudraa, the wife of Maharshi Agastya, actually composed the hymns or was merely a heroine, but there is no doubt about the contributions of the other three.

Mahimaa
Glory.

Mahish
(1) Buffalo.  (2) Name of a great Asur - Mahishaasur, slain by Durgaa, that is why she is called mahishaasur Mardinee.

Maidens
Kumaaree, unmarried. There are five maidens - Ahalyaa (Gautam's wife), Draupadee (Paandav's wife), Seetaa (Raam's wife), Taaraa (Baali's wife), and Mandodaree (Raavan's wife). They became maidens every morning.

Makar
Capricorn - the name of the 11th Zodiac Sign of 12 Signs through which Soorya passes to make a round of Earth.

Makar Sankraanti

Mal Maas    see    Adhik Maas
Mal means unclean and Maas means month, so Mal Maas means the unclean month. It is another name of the extra month which is added to Hindoo calendar after about every 31.4 Lunar months. IT is called Purushottam Maas also.

Mallikaarjun
Another name of Shiv. One of the 12 great Shiv Ling. A temple housing Mallikaarjun Ling is situated near Kurnool, AP, India.

Manas
(1) Mind - separate from soul but necessary for soul to exist in a body. This is the inner thing which receives information from the outer world with the aid of senses and presents it to the higher faculty of intellect - Buddhi. It is characterized by doubt.  (2) Intellect.  (3) Understanding.

Mandal
(1) Circle.  (2) orbit of a heavenly body.  (3) A geographical division.  (4) Division or a chapter of a book.  (5) Time limit to complete the Jaap is called one Mandal (40 days). This period (Mandal) can be extended to eight days more if any emergency or illness arises. So the maximum period is 48 days. (6) Chowk. Mandal is a drawing drawn on worshipping place to establish Bhagvaan's idol, to do Yagya, or in front of Bhagavaan. It is drawn on floor and may be drawn with flour, clay or Geroo (red clay). After drawing Mandal, they can be decorated by other colors also. Mandal looks beautiful as well as considered auspicious. Sometimes a Mandal is a mystic or symbolic diagram made on religious ceremonies, may be circular, triangular, or rectangular, related to a specific deity. These types of diagrams are also called "Chakra", or "Yantra" in connection with Taantrik practices. They are called "Rangolee" when they are drawn to beautify the place.

Mandaar
Coral tree.

Mandodaree     see also     Mandodaree
(1) Woman of a small waistline.    (2) Wife of Raavan, daughter of Maya Daanav.

Mangal
(1) Mars. It is known as Bhaum, Kuj (Kujaa), Rakt, Veer, and Angaarak also.
(2) Good, or to bless somebody.

Mani
Ratn. Gems. Jewels. Precious stones. Some of them are (1) Heeraa - Diamond; (2) Pannaa - (Emerald); (3) Laal - Ruby, Chunnee,  (4) Motee - Pearl; (5) Moongaa - Coral; (6) Neelam - Sapphire, Indraneel, Neelmani; (7)  Vaidoorya Mani; (8) Pukharaaj - Yellow Sapphire, Pushp-raag - all are called Mani or Ratn.

Manikaa
Jewel.

Manmath
Another name of Kaam Dev.

Manorath
Heart's desire.

Mantra      see also    Jaap

Mantropanishad
Mantra + Upanishad = whichever Upanishad is written on the basis of Mantra. Eeshaavasya Upanishad is such Upanishad. This Upanishad contains a collection of Ved Mantra. It is contained in the 40th Adhyaaya of Yajur Ved. It is one of the smaller, yet most significant amongst all "Upanishad". It consists of 18 Shlok, within which it encompasses the description of "Aatmaa" (Soul), principles of "Karm" and the confluence of '"Gyaan - Karm".

Manu

Manu Smriti

Manushya
Human being. Man.

Marakat    see      Pannaa

Maryaadaa Purushottam
Raam is called by this name as He always lived by rules in his limits. He defined the norms of decorum.

Masaalaa     see      Spices

Math
A large place where many Sanyaasee live.

Measurements     see       Distance Measurement,      Time Measurement,      Weight Measurement,
         Time Measurement in China

Medhaavee
Brilliant.

Meditation

Meemaansaa
Investigation or analysis. a Sanskrit word meaning "investigation" (compare Greek ἱστο�ία), is the name of an Aastik ("orthodox") school of Hindu philosophy whose primary enquiry is into the nature of Dharm based on close hermeneutics of the Vedas. Its core tenets are ritualism (orthopraxy) , anti-asceticism and anti-mysticism. The central aim of the school is elucidation of the nature of Dharm, understood as a set ritual obligations and prerogatives to be performed properly. The nature of Dharm isn't accessible to reason or observation, and must be inferred from the authority of the revelation contained in the Ved, which are considered eternal, authorless (Apaurusheyatwa) , and infallible.
Meemaansaa strongly concerned with textual exegesis, and consequently gave rise to the study of philology and the philosophy of language. Its notion of Shabd "speech" as indivisible unity of sound and meaning (signifier and signified) is due to Bhartrhari (7th century).

Meen
(1) The last Sign of Zodiac - Pisces.  (2) Fish.

Megh Mani
Megh means clouds and Mani means gem, so Megh Mani means the gem which is born from clouds. Sri Garuda Puraan, Chapter LXIX (69) -"Soot Jee said... "A cloud-grown pearl rarely reaches this mortal globe, and usually falls to the lot of the celestials. By illuminating the four quarters of the sky with its native luster, a cloud-begotten pearl, like the Sun dispels the gloom of a cloudy day. Outshining the combined effulgence of the fire, the Moon, and the myriads of scintillating stars, such a pearl, like the dawn of day, can dispel the gloom of even the darkest night on earth. The whole earth, girdled by the four oceans containing innumerable gems in the fathomless depths, can not be deemed as the adequate price of such a pearl, even if she be covered over with layers of pure gold. A man, born in indigence and of humble parents, but happening to be the possessor of such a pearl, only through the transformation of a good deed done in a previous existence, is sure to be the paramount sovereign of the entire surface of the Earth. Not to the good deeds of the king alone, but to the better fortune of the whole humanity, should be ascribed the advent of such a man on earth, and no evil would ever strike the land to the extent of a thousand Yojanas (a Yojana is about 8 to 9 miles) round the place of his birth."

Mental Worship
Worshipping in mind only is called mental worship. One can pronounce loudly or in his heart, doesn't matter.

Mesh
(1) Sheep.  (2) The first Sign of the Zodiac.

Milind
Black bee or Bumble bee. Bhaunraa, or Bhanvaraa, or Bhramar.

Mishra School of Tantra      see       Tantra

Mitra
Name of a Vaidik deity who is a friend and benefactor of men as the name suggests.

Mochak
One who releases. Such as Sankat Mochak means who releases from Sankat (peril) - Hanumaan (Sankat Mochan Naam Tihaaro)

Moh
(1) Intense love.  (2) Attachment.  (3) Delusion.

Mohinee Ekaadashee     see also      List of Ekaadashee

Mohit
Deluded. When one doesn't remember what to do in a situation, that situation is called being Mohit.

Moksh

Money

Month
A period in which a body revolves another, for example a lunar month is the period (29.5 days) in which it revolves the earth; while a solar month is the period in which the Sun crosses one sign - there are 12 signs (12 months) the Sun has to cross. The word month has been derived from the Moon's 29.5 day period.

Mool   see   Beej

Moolaadhaar Chakra    see      Chakra

Moongaa
Coral - one of the nine gems or precious stone. (1) Heeraa - Diamond; (2) Pannaa - Emerald, Marakat; (3) Laal - Ruby, Chunnee,  (4) Motee or Muktaa - Pearl; (5) Neelam - Sapphire, Indraneel, Neelmani; (6)  Vaidoorya Mani; (7) Pukharaaj - Yellow Sapphire, Pushp-raag - all are called Mani or Ratn. Coral of the finest quality is obtained in bulk from the coasts of Algeria and Tunisia. Other profitable sites for coral deposits are the coasts of Spain, France, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily. Corals are also processed in India. It is believed that wearing coral is good for health.

Moorti
Idol.  Statue.

Moosal
Pestle.

Motee

Mrid
Name of Shiv.

Mrityu
Death.

Mrityunjaya       see also     Mrityunjaya Mantra under "Some Special Mantra"
Another name of Shiv.

Mudraa
(1) Currency. (2) Poses. Postures. Certain postures (Mudraa) in prescribed ways, normally used in practicing Yog (read Aasan in Yog), and in dance. Special Mudraa of hands are shown in God's statues to denote different meanings.

Mudraa Raakshas
Name of a drama written by Vishaakhdatt around 800 AD.

Mudrikaa
(1) Ring.  (2) Seal.

Muhoort
(1) A lucky moment. (2) Horaa. (3) A short auspicious period of time. (4) According to Indian astrological time, one Muhoort is of 2 Ghadee or 48 minutes. 
60 Ghadee = 1 Day
30 Muhoort = 1 Day; [30x48 minutes = 1440 minutes; 1440/60 minutes = 24 hours = 1 day]

Mukt
Liberated soul.

Mumukshu
A very knowledgeable person who has got deep insight into the subject. When the mind joins Brahm through Yam, Niyam etc, the means to obtain Adhyaatm Gyaan, it is called Yog. Whose Yog is with this kind of specific Dharm, he is called Mumukshu.

Mundak
Means "shaven head". Normally monks keep their head shaven.

Muni
(1) Great thinkers and learned scholars. (2) A person moved by inward impulses.  (3) A saint.

Muraaree
Another name of Krishn.

Muraleedhar
Another name of Krishn.

Muslims

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