The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c26.114

c26.114

Mantras 2, 28, power of 29, repetition of 29, letters deified 388, examples of deification 388, of Vajratārā 243, application of 243 Mantranaya 9, Manrānusāriṇī see Mahāmantrānusāriṇī 304 Mantrapuruṣa 27, 28, Mantraśāstra 9, Mantrayāna 14, 15 Māras, four 159, named 159, 195 Marīcikā (sign) 26 Mārīcī 16, 35, 38, 217, time of invocation 207, connection with the sun-god 207, chariot of pigs 207, forms 208, sādhana 208, attendants 208, images 208, 209 Aṣṭabhuja images 212, as a companion 231f, dhyāna 232, described 232, compared with Vajravārāhī 208, 217, Maṇḍala 209 Mārīcipucuvā 210, other names 210, sādhana 210, dhyāna 210, described 210, composition of image 210, described 211 Mārī Dhāriṇī 339, colour 399, symbols 399, dhyāna 399, described 339 Māriṇī 160, direction 160, form 160 Mar-pa 6 Mathura school of art 5, 32, 35, Mati 350 Matsyendranātha 6 Māyadevī, dream of 31 Māyājāla Tantra 139, 152, Māyājālakrama 139, colour 139, sādhana 139, dhyāna 139, symbols 139, described 139, images 139 Māyājālakrama Lokeśvara, described 395 Māyājālakrama Kurukullā 151, colour 151, sādhana 151, mudrā 152, images 152, described 152 Mayurbhanj 6 Māyūrī see Mahāmāyūrī Medhā 350 Medicine 8 Meritorious deeds, result of 21 Mila-ras-pa 6 Miniature paintings 5 Mixed Sanskrit 14 Mlecchas 187 Moha family 32, 45 Moharati, queen of Vairocana 46 Mojaghāñjabala (?) Lokeśvara, described 394 Momentary consciousness 28 Monastery, Buddhist 16, 41 Mongoose 247, significance 237 Months, twelve 282, deified 389, their names 382, their deities 382 Mortal Bodhisattvas 79 Mortal Buddhas 76, marks 76, qualities 76, their Bodhi tree 76, described 77, images of 77, attitudes 77, with Maitreya 77 Mortal Buddhaśaktis 79, enumerated 79, named 79 Mṛtyu Māra (Maheśvara) 159 Mṛtyuvañcana Tārā 308, white 308 special features 308 Muditā (Joyousness), 21 Mudrās 9, significance of 393 Mukundā 315, colour 315, symbol 315, dhyāna 315, described 315 images 315 Mukundadharā 315 Mulaghoṣa Vihāra 15 Murajā 315, colour 315, symbol 315, described 315 Musee Guimet 4 Museums of Eastern India 6 Musical instruments, four 314, deified 314, description 314 Mysticism 8