A History of Sanskrit Literature c22.95

c22.95

*Mahābhārata*, 153, 154, 156, 157, 165, 175, 193, 216, 278, 281, 282–298, 299, 300, 301, 303, 309, 325, 354, 367, 378, 380, 383, 392, 394, 396, 398; its date, 287; its episodes, 294–298, 414; its main story, 291–294; its nucleus, 284, 285; its recensions, 283; recited now, 288; a *smṛiti*, 284, 287, 288, 289 *Mahābhāshya*, 189, 322, 347, 414, 431 Mahādeva, 178, 182, 206 Mahākāvyas, 330 *Mahānārāyaṇa Upanishad*, 211 Mahārāshṭrī dialect, 27 *Mahāvīracharita*, 364 Mahāvṛishas, 195 Maheçvara, 433 *Maitrāyaṇa Upanishad*, 212, 230, 231 *Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā*, 54 *n.*, 176, 180, 183, 212 Maitrāyaṇīyas, 175, 215 Maitreyī, 222 *Mālatīmādhava*, 363 Mālava era, 320, 323 *Mālavikāgnimitra*, 353, 354, 360 Malayalam, 28 Mallinātha, 324, 327, 328, 330 Mammaṭa, 434 *Mānava Çrauta Sūtra*, 246; *Dharma Sūtra*, 262, 428; *Gṛihya Sūtra*, 250, 429; *Dharmaçāstra*, 428 Māṇḍūkas, 52 Māṇḍūkeyas, 50, 52 *Māṇḍūkya*, 241 Man-eating tiger, 148 Manes, 125, 169 *Mankha-koça*, 433 *Manoravasarpaṇa*, 144 Mantra and Brāhmaṇa, 180 *Mantra-brāhmaṇa*, 250 *Mantrapāṭha*, 250 Mantras, 177–180, 187 Manu, 108, 156, 175, 216, 261, 262, 295, 299, 394, 398; code of, 3, 193, 428; ship of, 144; and fish, 300 Manyu, 101 Māra, 225 Marāṭhī dialect, 17, 27 Marriage ritual, 162, 254, 263-264 Maruts, 85, 87-90, 105 Mashi (ink), 19 Mātariçvan, 70, 88, 108 Materialists, 405-407 Māṭhava, 214, 215 Mathematics, 434-435 Mathurā, 26, 27, 175, 322, 323, 411 *Matsya* (fish), 143, 300 Matsyas, 154, 157, 175 Maues (Moa), 412 Maurya dynasty, 410 Max Müller, Professor, 6, 12, 276, 322, 323 Mechanical formulas, 183 Medhātithi, 429 Medicine, Greek and Indian, 426-427; Indian, 435-436; in the *Atharvaveda*, 196 Megasthenes, 13, 148, 158, 286, 308, 411, 416 *Meghadūta*, 324, 335-336 Menander, 412 (king), 416 (poet) Metre, 267; in drama, 349; Vedic, 55; post-Vedic, 279, 281 Milinda, 412 Milk and soma, 98 Mīmāṃsā system, 399-400, 407 Mirage, 108, 401 *Mitāksharā*, 424 Mithilā, 214 Mithra, 68 Mitra, 68, 78 Mitra-Varuṇa, 104 Mixed castes, 184 Moabite stone, 16 *Mohamudgara*, 378 Monkey, 119, 148 Monotheistic tendency, 70, 96 Moon (Soma), 100 Moral philosophy, 384 Morality, 163; divine, 73 Mountains, 144 *Mṛicchakaṭikā*, 360-361, 416 *Mudrā*, 399 *Mudrā-rākshasa*, 365, 378 *Mugdha-bodha*, 432 Muhammadan conquest, 9, 13, 18, 26, 413, 430 Muhammadans, 7 Mūjavat, 144 Mūjavats, 153, 156, 195 *Muṇḍaka Upanishad*, 222, 240 Music, 169, 436-437 Musicians, 170 Mutiny, Indian, 110 Mythology of *Rigveda*, 67; of *Yajurveda*, 181