The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c42.224

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Medicine, 398, 399. Medicine man, as prototype of deity, 49. Mekala, Melaka, country, 632. Memorial mound to dead, erection of, 421, 629. Memory, 563; and *see smṛti*. Men as deities, 50; *see also* Chap. 14. Menā, of Vṛṣaṇaçva, applied to Indra, 125. Menakā, Apsaras, 184. Mercy, *see* Compassion. Merit, *see puṇya*. Mesopotamia, influence on India, 25, 26, 624, 634. Messenger, Agni as, 159; Narāçaṁsa as, 165. Metempsychosis, *see* Transmigration. Meteor as a Rakṣas, 238. Methu, μέθυ, 172, 624. Metre (for an implausible theory see Leumann, KZ. lii.), 6, 16, n. 2, 255, 499, 500. Mēṭru, Assyrian term, 101, n. 4. Mexican religion, 277, 323, n. 1, 329, n. 1. Midland, definition of the Aryan, 634, n. 2. Midrassil, Mitanni name of Mitra, 617. Milindapañha, 558, 563. Milk, in ritual, 167, 171, 254, 278, 310, 332, 336, 353, 355, 420; as *madhu*, 167; cooked, placed in the raw cow by Indra, 132. Milk pails, Todas’ worship of, 269, n. 5. Milky way, Sarasvatī as, 173, n. 4, 202, n. 4. Millet, offered, 323, 366, 381; theory of Soma as, 172, n. 1. Millstone, possibly deified, 189, n. 6. Mimetic magic, 388–90. Mimi, parallel with Trita, 135. Mimic raid, by king at Rājasūya, 342. Mind (*manas*), 122, 210, 436, 443, 444, 453, 455, 467, 472, 484, 486, 517, 518, 537, 539, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 559, 563, 565, 612. Mingling of races and cultures as affecting religion, 51–5. Minoan religion, *see* Aegean religion. Minoans, probably pre-Hellenic (cf., however, Bury, CAH. ii. 475 f.

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who makes Minos an Achaean), 628, n. 5, 629. Minos (on etym. as possibly Indo-European, cf. Güntert, *Der arische Weltkönig*, pp. 380 ff.), 229, n. 1. Miraculous birth of Indra, 125. Mirror, used in marriage ritual, 374. Miscarriage, magic rite to remove ill effects of a, 385. Misers, *see* Paṇis. Misery, *see duḥkha*. Mitanni, gods of the, 5, 33, 38, 54, 87, n. 2, 90, 101, n. 5, 114, 117, 133, 161, 202, n. 2, 617. Mithra, Iranian god, 33, 34, 104, 107, 614, 619. Mitra, god, 5, 33, 34, 58, 60, 67, 83, 86, n. 3, 87, 90, 93, 96-8, 104, 105, 127, 133, 141, 157, 161, 166, 167, 182, 189, 199, 200, 215, 217, 246, 280, 296, 327, 328, 329, 331, 353, 355, 387, 435, 617, 620. Mitrāvaruṇā, 220. Mixed forms of demons, 225, 237. Mixed marriages, as factor in caste, 23. Moabite stone, writing parallel to that of India, 26. Mode of wearing hair, altered at marriage, 378. Modes, Spinoza's, 530, 637. Modes of thought and categories, 482-8. Modogalinga, people, 633, n. 1. Moellendorff, U. von Wilamowitz-, views cited, 634, 635, 636, 637. Moira, fate in Greek religion (CAH. ii. 623), 85. *Mola salsa*, sprinkled on victim, 270, 325, n. 2. Moles, occasional worship of, 63, 194, 322, 334, 367. Moleskin, as aid to detecting sorcerers, 397. Momentary gods, Usener's theory of, 44, 45. Mon-Khmer languages, 11, 634, n. 1. Mongolian influence on Indian religion, 36. Mongolian offering to the sun, 287, n. 3. Monism, 494. Monkey form of Indra, 133. Monkey god, 192, 631. Monotheism, alleged early (cf. K.

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Th. Preuss, *Die höchste Gottheit bei den kulturarmen Völkern* (1922); Meinhof, *Archiv f. Religionswissenschaft*, xxii. 179), 626, n. 4. Monsoon, 109, 127, 128; Hanumant as the, 192. Months and half months, offerings to, 201. Moon (cf. v. Negelein, *Weltanschauung*, pp. 42 ff.), 34, 81, 123, 133, 134, 136, 137, 147, n. 3, 164, 165, 170, 171, 172, 179, 181, 183, 199, 211, 235, 274, 284, 332, 409, n. 1, 416, 577, 622; and spirits, 165; and tides, 122; offerings, 213. Moon phases, worship of, 199, 201, 355. Moon-stations, *see* Nakṣatras. Morals, 83, 84, 95, 97, 99, 101, 105, 133, 139, 141, 145, 158, 161, 168, 215, 216, 233, 244-9, 251, 264-8, 380, 468-75, 494, 584-9, 594, 596, 597, 598. Morning and evening star, 118. Mothers, as a class, like the Fathers, 429, 598; as demonesses or patron goddesses, 149. Mothers of Indra, Tvaṣṭṛ's daughters as, 205. Mountain tops, worship on, 39. Mountains, as divine, 143, 147, 169, 176, 182, 184, 187, 188, 199, 213; *see also* Parvata. Mouth, as organ, 575, 576. Movements, 556, 557. Mṛḍa, name of Rudra, 144, n. 8, 146. Mṛga, constellation, 146, 208. Mṛgaçiras, constellation, 146. Mṛgavyādha, constellation, 146, 208. Mṛtyu, death, 408. Mroka and Anumroka, demons, 239. Mudgala, Vedic seer, 191. Mūjavants, people, 322, 385. Muñjavant, mountain home of Soma, 169. Mūla, Nakṣatra, 392. Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad, 499, 500, 503, 522, n. 6, 528, 537, 538, 545, 577, 578. Muṇḍas, 11, 632. Muṇḍā-speaking tribes, 11, 632-4. Muni, ecstatic ascetic, 301, 402, 618.

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Munimaraṇa, 458. Murder, 477, 480; *see also* Killer. Music, 258. Mysticism, 598, 599, 600. Myth and cult, 48, 354.