History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.619

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Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa, 39, 127n, 134, 143, 146, 148, 151, 163, 164, 177, 181, 256, 261, 265n, 266, 312, 322, 335, 336, 337n, 338, 340n, 342, 350n, 352, 371-372, 374, 379, 380, 388, 392, 396, 409, 411, 415, 420, 448, 462, 463n, 470n, 483, 517, 518n, 521, 523n, 524, 528, 532, 521, 535n, 708n Marshall, Sir John, on Mohenjo-daro 234 Maskaṝın, a. of bhāṣya on Gautama-dharmasūtra 45n, 46n, 59n, 273 (m. in com. on Āśaucāṣṭaka) Mātāmahaśrāddha or Dauhıtra-pratipat-śrāddha 533 Matthew, Gospel of, 38n, 41n, 171, 233 Mathurā, (or Madhurā) 686-692; antiquity of, discussed 687-689; esoteric interpretation on Kṛṣṇa, Gopīs, Kālindī 691n, established by Śatrughna 688, eulogy of M. in the purānas 690, Govardhana hill 691, Gokula or Vraja or Mahāvana 691, inscription of Khāravela refers to 688, inscriptions of Kuṣāna rulers that refer to it 689, Kṛṣṇa left M. owing to the constant attacks of Jarāsandha and established the Yādavas in Dvārakā 688, Megasthenes knew its connection with Heracles (Hari-Kṛṣṇa) 687, nine Nāga kings that ruled over M 689, old temples of Mathurā were destroyed at Aurangzeb's order 692, Pāṇinı includes it in Varaṇādı-gaṇa 687, Ptolemy calls it 'Modoura of the gods' 687n, spoken of, as Śauryapura in Jaina works 687, twelve vanas (forests) of M 690-691, Vallabhācārya founded new Gokula 692, Vṛndāvana, highly eulogised in Purāṇas and by Kālıdāsa, 691-92, centre of Caitanya's movement 692, Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas left M. through the fear of Kālayavana, acc. to Brahmapurāna 688 Matsyapurāna, 19, 23, 55, 72, 102, 129, 166, 176, 221, 271, 310, 335, 336, 338, 340, 344, 374, 375, 381, 385, 387, 389, 390, 392, 396, 403, 407, 410, 413, 414, 418, 420, 421, 422n, 423, 445n, 446n, 447, 448, 450n, 464n, 468, 470, 478, 480, 482, 484, 497n, 519, 533, 535, 539n, 540n, 560n, 561n, 564, 565n, 566, 567, 568n, 574n, 576, 582, 585, 587, 589, 594n, 597, 601, 602n, 605, 606n, 611, 613, 614, 615, 617n, 621, 623, 624n, 625n, 626n, 627, 629, 630n, 638, 639n, 641n, 653n, 654, 691, 703, 706, 708n Mausalaparva, 223 Max Muller 8 Maxıms, see under 'nyāyas', 'caturdhā-karaṇa' 670, 'Daṇḍavat prāyaścittānı bhavantı' 75-76, 81, of the power of an authoritative śruti or smṛtı text 66n, 67, of Kuṇḍapāyınāmayana 136, 137n, of nıṣāda-sthapati 24, of 'phalavat-sannidhau aphalam tadangam' 481, of 'Rātrisatra' 62-63, 602n, of sarvaśākhā-pratyaya 89-90, 453-455; of vıṣaya-vyavasthā 87 McCrındle, Mr J. W., on 'Invasion of India by Alexander the Great' 612; on 'Megasthenes and Arrian' 687n, and 'Ancient India as described by Ptolemy' 187n Measures of capacity, such as *āḍhaka and droṇa* 330 Measures of length or dıstance, 590n Medhātithi, commentator of Manu, 10, 16n, 52, 63, 75, 93, 102, 103, 124, 286, 316, 325, 326n, 327n, 362n, 365, 377, 386, 391, 394n, 401n, 416n, 444, 453, 464, 477, 483, 604, 606n, 611n Meghadūta 619 Men, in case of m., guilty of suicide by fire, poison or the like, or who are patıta, no cremation, no offering of water and no āśauca are prescribed by Manu, Yāj, 301, water and pıṇḍa offered to men who die in angry fights with cāṇḍālas or with a brāhmaṇa or a snake, from anımals or lightning do not reach them and perısh in mid aır, but this does not apply to those who dıe from inadvertence in this manner 301 Meru mountain 169 Mettasutta 550n Mīmāṁsā, see 'Jaiminī', 'maxim', 'Pūrvamīmāṁsā', 136, 481