A Concise History of Science in India c18.30

c18.30

Mathanasimha, 55 Mathematics in European renaissance, 209, 211–12 Mathematics, interrelationship between Indian and Greek, Arabic and Chinese, 209–11 Mathura, 297 *Mātṛkābhedatantra*, 55, 315 *Matsya Purāṇa*, 36, 49 *Mātsyika*, 344 McClelland, J., 523–24, 528, 534 Mean argument, 115 Mechanics Institute, 564–65 Medaka, 305 Medhni Mal, 52, 208 Medical anthropology, 242–43 colleges and schools, 551–54 investigations, 538 *nighaṇṭus*, 264 profession, ethics of, 245–46 treatises translated into Arabic, 260 Medicine in Buddhist literature, 220–22 Gilgit Manuscripts, 221 later Vedic texts, 219–20 Vedic period, 216–19 Medlicott, H. B., 524–25 Megalith, Megalithic burials, 14, 289 Megasthenes, 34, 60, 582 *Meghadūta*, 37 Mehi, 279 Melon, 398 *Meng Chhi Pi Than*, 161 Menstruum, 312 Mensuration, 160 Merceline birds, 531 Mercuric chloride, 324 Mercuric sulphide, 324 Mercurous chloride, 324 Mercury, its powers, 318 eighteen processes, 320–22 transmission of, 318–19 Mercury, mercurial preparations, as remedies, 253, 254 Meridian circle, *yāmyottara vṛtta*, 104, 130 Meridional arc, 130 Meropidae, 531 *Meru-prastāra*, Pascal triangle, 26, 156–157, 576 Mesopotamia, 279, 281, 291, 350, 371 Mesozoic era, 568 Metabolism in *āyurveda*, 241–42 Metallic guns, 341 Metallurgical operations, 33 Metal mirrors, 280 Metals and metal-working, 279–81, 299–300, 338–41, 571, 592 Meteor, 66 Meteorological recordings, 494 Meteorology, 501–4, 604 Meters, Vedic, 156 Meton's or Metonic cycle, 85, 132 Metrics, 25 Metrology, 137 Mica, 276 Microcosm, 22, 219, 237–38 Microliths, 3 Microsection of rocks, 527 Millets, 393–94, 599 *Milindapañha*, 31, 40 *Mīmāṃsā*, *Mīmāṃsā Sūtra*, 28 *Mimosa pudica*, 558 Mining, 33 Minting coins, 33 Mīr M. Hāshim b. Qāsim al-Ḥusainī, 52 *Mitabhāṣiṇī*, 171, 595 Mohenjo-daro, 6, 7, 8, 14, 279, 351, 371, 372, 405, 407, 408, 409, 410, 570 Molluscs, 407, 418 Mongoose, 405, 410, 413, 420, 443 Monkey, 410, 413, 419, 421, 423 Month, 72, 73–75 *amānta*, 73, 74, 574 anomalistic, 83 intercalary, 75, 83 lunar, synodic, 73, 83 *pūrṇimānta*, 73, 74, 574 *saura*, 109 sidereal, 78, 81 solar, 81, 83 synodic, 78, 81, 85 Mookerjee, Asutosh, 556–57, 566–67, 605 Moon, 63 semi-diameter of, 84 Moon's elongation, 63 diameter, semi-diameter, 116, 117 distance from earth, 116–17 greatest latitude, 84 second inequality, 97 sidereal period, 64 synodic period, 64 Moorhen, 421 Mortars, 282 Mosquitoes, 418, 421 Motion, 472 *Mṛcchakaṭika*, 65 *Mṛdauka*, 306 *Mṛga-Pakṣi-Śāstra*, 439, 597 Mucilage, 349