Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c20.21

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mâlyachaṅgerī 228 mānasarovara 60 maṅḍa 56 maṅḍala 46 mandāra 47 Māndhātā 191-2 maṅgala ghaṭa, auspicious pot 51 maṅgala kalaśa 51, 99 maṅgalaka mālā 156 maṇikāra 41, 57, 58, see lapidarist maṇikarma 103 maṇilakkhaṇa 58 maṇiśilpa 103 manosilā tala 61 Māra, evil-genius 4, 126 Māran (=yaksha) 114 mārdaṅgika 320 marīchi 68, samarīchi with polish ; see polish māsha, a weight 69 mashakam 125 Mathura, —as a centre of art 216 —art, style and contents 216ff. —Jaina art 230-34 mātṛikā 45 mātṛimūrti 229 maṭṭha 68 mātugāma potthaka rūpaka 60 Meaning (Artha), its quest 4 —without it art is blind 4 medhi 128 medieval period, 700-1200 A.D.: Early, 700-900 A.D. 2 Late, 900-1200 A. D. 2 mekhalā 24 Menakā 228;

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see Urvaśī meshavyāla 72 Milking of Earth Mother by king 46 millstones 58 *mīnamithuna*, fish pair 232, 233 mirror 58 Miśrakeśī 136 *mithuna*, couple 6, 47, 49, 53, 142, 144, 145, 155, 196, 269, 313 —produced from *kalpavriksha* 53, 142, 144, 145, 155 mortars 58 mother goddess 22, 24, 25, 45, 46, 49, 77-82 —Māyā 24 —Aditi Devamātā 24, 25 —Śrī 24-5, 80-82 —Anāhitā, Aditi, Innini, Istar, Isis 25 —Keśinī 46 —Koṭṭāvī and Kālikā 46 —*mātṛkā*, *dvimātā*, *saptamātaraḥ*, *daśamātaraḥ* 45 —*tisraḥ devīḥ* 45 —ring-stones 77-10 —her pose on ring stones 80 motifs : in Indian art 74 —their countrywide exchange 294-5 —*rūpaka* 66, 67 *mahārūpakaraka* 187 —animal 153, 222 —floral 153 —Hellenistic 267 —*kapiśīrshaka* 66, 73, 84, 131 —*vedikā* 46 —Uttarakuru 223 *mrigarūpa* 71 Mṛtyuñjaya 6 *muchakunda* (=“honey suckle”) 74, 78, 80, 222 *mudrā*, pose —*abhaya* 203, 239, 240 —*añjali* 204 —*dhyāna* 234, 239, 271 —*kaṭyavalambita* 22, 203 —*kāyotsarga* 234 —*latāhasta* 22 *muktādāmalāpaka* 125 *muktākiṅkiṇī jālaka* 125 *muktā yajñopavīta* 294 *mukunda* see *muchakunda* *mukuṭa* 255 *musala* 256 music, science of 57 —instruments 57 *nabhya*, nave 41 *nachchaka devatā*, devā 289, 300 *nachchakagītavāditra* 58 *naḍakāra* 58 *nāḍī* 57 Nāga, serpent 45, 48, 135, 248, —symbol in various pantheons 48 —cult 5, 119 —iconography 135 —*mudrā* 70 —*rāja* figure 280 *nāgadanta*, elephant-tusk shaped peg 158, 223 Naigama 284 Naigameśa 233 Nāka 47 *nānādharma* 39 *nānāmukha* 317 Nandī, Śiva’s Bull 46 Nandīśvara 6 *nandyāvarta* 74 *nāpita* 41 *nara* 66 Nārada 46 Nārāyaṇa 45, 49 *nārī latā* 53 *nāsāgradṛiṣṭi* 271 Naṭarāja 6 *Nāṭya*, dramaturgy 57 nau 56 uāvāja 41, 56 navanīta mattikā 124-5 ;

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also mashakam, maskā nemi 41 nidhi, treasure 46, 317 Nigama, its organisation 317 Nikharva, a nidhi 317 nīlotpala patra 98 nishka 58 Nṛtu, dancer 23, 45 Nṛtū 45 oblique birth, of Indra —of Buddha —of Skanda 46 occupations 41 opaśa 40 Orissa caves, see Udaigiri-Khaṇḍagiri caves ornaments 58 pādapīṭha 249 padma 47, 53; see lotus padmaka 287 padmajā sṛṣṭi 53 padmakośa 98 padmamālinī 81 padmanemi 81 padmāsana, lotus-throne 121, 233, 239, 271 padmasambhavā 81 Padmā-Śrī 82 padmātapatra 240 padmeshṭhitā 81 Padminī 227 padumaka 300 palace : prāsāda, pāsāda, rājakula, pāsādavara, rājabhavana, rājanivesana, vāsaghara, vimāna, nivāsa, 19; 42, 58-9, 59-60, 61, 62-64, 85-6, 89, 103, 109, 175, 302-3 —in Indus Valley 19, at Kumarahar 59; 85-6, 89, Mahā-ummagga 59-60, Rati-vaḍdhana, Upphaka 62, Mahāvijaya 175, at Nāgārjunikoṇḍa 302-3 —defined, divisions and apartments, 63-4 —heṭṭhapāsāda, uparipāsāda 63, sahassakhambhapāsāda 103, śatabhujīśalā 42, 109, śatadvāra 42, sahassathambha 63, sahasra-dvāragṛha 42 padumādika-gāhakā devā 125 painting : —pre-historic 10-13 —on wall 58, 60-61, 62, 66, 67, 68 —on pottery, see pottery.

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pakshagama simha, winged lion 71 pakshī mahisha, winged bison 71 Palaeolithic (= old stone) Age, culture 8 Pallavas 282 palmette, tālaparṇa 74 panasa, jack-fruit 142 pañchapaṭṭika 32 pañchaśarīrī 73 Pañchabrahmā 6 Pañchaśikha 126 Pañcha Vṛishṇi Vīra 118 Pañchendra 259 Pāṇḍu leṇa 202-3 paṇigha 41 pāṇiyagharika 284 pañjaka design 70, 205 paṅkhaḍī 99 Pāpī-Lakshmī, Alakshmī 81 paraśu 14, 312 Pārijāta 47 parimaṇḍala 124 pariṇahya 41 parivṛttaśiras 73 —āvṛttaśiras 73 Parushṇī (=Rāvī) 39 Pārvatī 49