The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c49.12

c49.12

MAHĀBHĀRATA. A celebrated epic poem chiefly describing the wars between the Pāṇḍavas and the Kurus. MAHĀDĒVA. 'The great god'; a name particularly applied to Śiva. MAHĀKŪTĒŚVARA. An epithet of Śiva. MAHĀMAṆḌALĒŚVARA. A high officer in charge of a province. MAHĀMAYĀ or MAHĀMAYĪ. A name of Durgā or Pārvatī. MAHĀVĪRA. The name of the last of the present twenty-four *tīrthankaras* MAHENDRĪ. The goddess Indrānī. MAHEŚVARĪ. A name of Pārvatī. MAHIṢĀSURA-MARDANĪ. Pārvatī as the slayer of the demon Mahiṣa. MAKARA. A conventional beast used in Hindu decoration, probably the tapir or rhinoceros. MĀLĀ. A rosary of beads or seeds. MALLIKĀRJUNA. Name of a Śiva-liṅga. MALLINĀTHA. One of the present twenty-four *tīrthankaras*. MAṆḌAPA. A hall. MĀRĪCHA. A *rakshasa* or demon who, in the disguise of a deer, lured Rāma away from Sītā while Rāvaṇa carried her off as related in the Rāmāyaṇa. MAṬHA. A monastery or convent. MIḤRĀB. A niche in the back wall of a mosque towards which worshippers turn to pray. MUKTĒŚVARA. An epithet of Śiva.