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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.