The Development of Hindu Iconography c23.37

c23.37

Manusamhitā (Manusmṛti), 86-8, 217, 276, 511, 520, 541 Manus, two sons of Sūrya, 437, 442 Manusyaprakṛtidevas, 94 Mao, the Iranian Moon god, 438 (n.) Māra, 238 (n.), 262, 280, 301, 353 Mārīcī, a Vaiśayāna goddess, 259, 561 Mārīcīmālī, an epithet of Sūrya, 561 Mārkaṇḍeya, the sage, 21, 324, 382, 486-7, 573 Markaṇḍeyapurāṇa, 15 (n.), 105, 195, 340, 373, 374 (n.), 442, 490, 492-3, 496-8, 504, 509, 513, 551 Markaṭahrada (at Vaiśālī), 196 Mars, 311 Mārtaṇḍa (Mārtaṇḍa), an aspect of the Sun god, 428, 550 Mārtaṇḍa Bhairava, 549 Mārtaṇḍa temple (Kashmir), 409 Marutgaṇas (Maruts), 355, 370 Mataṅgāśrama, 88 Mātariśvā, a Vedic god, 541 Mātṛceṭa, 431 (n.) Mātṛgaṇas, Mātṛkās, 230, 482, 497, 503-6, 567 Matsya, Viṣṇu's Avatāra, 389-91, 413 Matsyapurāṇa, 14, 16, 22-3, 28, 30-1, 33, 117, 138 (n.), 179, 183 (n.), 206, 208, 210, 217, 220-1, 223, 273 (n.), 280, 312, 315, 391, 416-7, 421, 427, 513 (n.), 536, 568 Mattamāyūra, (-ka), a Śaiva clan, 35 (n.), 143 Maues, 9, 110 (n.), 112, 119 (n.), 120-1, 136, 148-9, 150 (n.), 154, 158, 190, 237-8, 265, 267, 345, 402, 537, 543 Maya, 14, 17, 241, 347 Mayamata, 19, 23 Māyāmoha, a name of Viṣṇu's Buddha Avatāra, 424-5 Mayasaṃgraha, 338, 347-8, 351-2 Māyā, the mother of Buddha, 193, 375 (n.) Māyā, the Vedāntins' concept of, 493 Māyin, a name of Śiva, 446 Mayūrabhaṭṭa, 430 Mayūrākṣaka, 494 (n.) Megasthenes, 77, 89 (n.) Menander, the Indo-Greek King, 343, 569 Mercury, 311 Meruvarman, King of Chamba, 498 Methora, 77 Miḍhūṣī, a name of Durgā, 69, 86, 87 (n.) Mihira, the Iranian Sun god, 124-5, 139-40, 343, 438, 544 Mihirakula, the Huṇa king, 113 Mīnākṣī, consort of Śiva, 367 Miśrakeśī an Apsarā, 353 Mithra, a name of Mihira, 108 (n.), 438, 544 Mithraism, 438 Mitra, one of the Ādityas, 69, 75, 176 Mitra, one of the four disciples of Lakulīśa, 371, 428, 451, 481