A General Index to the Names and Subject-Matter of the Sacred Books of the East — SBE Vol. 50 (compiled by M. Winternitz, 1910)

or restraint of senses, 8, 119, 119 n., 161-3, 161 n., 163 n., 168, 173 ; Muniship, state of Muni, 34, Ixxvi ; 38, 322 n., 323.

Mauryaputra, n. of a Sthavira, 22,
286.

Mauryas, see Moriyas.

MAUSHIKIpUTRA— MEALS

Maushikiputra, n. of a teacher, 15,

224 n.
Maya, the mysterious wisdom of the

Divine Benevolence, 31, 94, 99. Maya, mother of Buddha, 19, xix, i ; 49 (i), 3-5, 7 ; dies after birth of Buddha and is born in heaven, 19, 23, 23 n., 87, 353; 49 (i), 19 sq. Maya (Illusion) : creation is M., the creator mayin, 15, xxxvi ; theories of M. and Evolution in the Vedanta, 15, xxxvii ; as the creating power, 15, xxxvii sq. ; 34, cxvii n. ; Indra appears multiform through the Ms., 15, 117; Prakr/ti (nature) is M., and the Lord the ruler of M., 15, 252; 48, 125 sq., 138 sq., 364, 367, 397; M. the principle of illusion, 34, XXV, Ix, xcvi sq., 243, 256 n., 329, 371; 38, 133 sq.; the appearance of the world due to M. or Avidya, 34, xxv, 345 ; cannot be called sat nor asat, 34, xxv, 243 ; constitutes the upadana, 34, xxv ; belongs to Brahman as a jakti, 34, xxv, 362 ; modifies itself into all the individual existences, 34, xxv ; bodily organs and mental functions, the offspring of M., 34, xxvi ; the non-enlightened soul is unable to look through it, 34, xxvi ; the material world merged into non-distinct M., 34, xxvi ; he whose soul has been enlightened withdraws from the influence of M., 34, xxvii ; the world is not unreal M.,34,xxx; Brahman becomes a personal God through M., 34, xxx ; soul is Brahman in so far as limited by the unreal upadhis due to M., 34, xxx ; is wonderful nature (Ramanu^a), 34, Ixi ; doctrine of M. unknown to Badaraya«a, 34, xci-xcvii, c ; is of a non-intelligent nature, and the world springs from Brahman as being associated with M., 34, xciii ; doctrine of M, not in the Upanishads, 34, cii, cxvi-cxxi, cxvii n., cxxv ; the highest Lord may assume a shape formed of M., 34, 81; the nature of the Lord is M. joined with time and karman, 34, 357 n. ; in consequence of the Lord's conjunction with M. the creation is unavoidable, 34, 357 n., 369 ; not a Buddhist conception, 36, 141 sq. n. ; emitted by the omniform Narayawa, 38, 157 ;

Mara originated M., hence the world appears uneternal, 45, 244, 244 n. ; through beginningless M. diversity is seen in Brahman, 48, 22 ; things seen in dreams are M., 48, 86, 602 ; the real meaning of M., 48, 125 sq. ; the Lord manifests himself by M., 48, 241 ; cessation of M. through meditation on and union with God, 48, 364 ; lord of M. creates everything, 48,368, 400, 406, 469 ; men intent on their duties pass beyond M., 48, 411; there is no distinction between M, and Nescience, 48, 441 sq. See also Delusion, Nature, Nescience, andFrakriti,

Mayavada, theory of illusion, 34, xcviii.

Mayavadin, one who holds the theory of illusion, 34, cxx.

Mayu, n.p., 23, 217.

Ma Yung, a compiler of Li books,
27, 7 sq.

Mazainya, fiends, spells, a weapon to smite them, 4, 126 ; 23, 33.

See also Delusion,
Nature, Nescience, andFrakriti,

Mayavada, theory of illusion, 34, xcviii.

Mayavadin, one who holds the theory of illusion, 34, cxx.

Mayu, n.p., 23, 217.

Ma Yung, a compiler of Li books,
27, 7 sq.

Mazainya, fiends, spells, a weapon to smite them, 4, 126 ; 23, 33.

Mazana, spell against the Daevas of,
4, 141, 141 n.

Mazda, meaning of, 31, 104 sq. n. ;
M. worship, jee Zoroastrianism.

Mazdag, or Mazdak, or Mazdik, son
of Bamda<^, a heretic, 5, 194, 194 n.,
201, 201 n. ; 37, 257 n. ; 47, 88,
88 n., 89 n.

Mazdayasna, or a worshipper of
Mazda, 4, li.

Mazdayasna, n.p., 23, 216.

Mazdeism, Zoroastrianism called so,
4, xiii.

Mazdik, see Mazdag.

Mazdra-vanghu, n.p., 23, 215.

Mazendarans, rain the seed of the,
24, 244 sq. ; war with the M., 37,
216-18. See also Demons,

Mazinikan, see Demons.

Meals ; rules about the preparation of food for daily m., 2, 104 sq. ; rules about daily m. of housieholders, 2, 109 sq., 122 sq. ; 7, 221 ; 14, 49- 51, 239-42, 245, 263-6; 29, 387 sq. ; 30, 2 1-4 ; two m. in winter, three in summer, 4, 256, 256 n. ; Pra^apati ordained that men should eat only in the evening and morning, 12, 361 sq. ; invitations to m. which a Bhikkhu may accept, 13, 41-3 ; 17, 72-6, 89-92 ; m. of a

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king, 25, 251 sq. See also Eating, and Food.

Mean : king should set up the standard of the m. before the people, 3, 88 ; the correct course of the due m., 16, 150, 219, 281, 304, 305 n., 307,316, 320 sq., 331, 333 n.

Measures, Persian, 5, 98, 98 sq. n.; of distance, 37, 51 n., 56, 56 sq. n.,67, 67 n. ; span and cubit, the cubit is the arm, 41, 200 ; finger-breadth the lowest m., 43, 300 ; measuring the fire-altar, 43, 305-12. See also Weights.

Meat, see Animals {e),

Mecca, the sacred city of the Arabs, seat of the Kaabah, 6, xvi sq., xlv ; war between M. and Medinah, 6, xxxv-xlii ; turn (at prayer) thy face towards the Sacred Mosque, 6, 20 sq. ; the first House founded at M., 6, 58 ; *the mother of cities,' 6, 126 ; 9, 205; Abraham prays that M. might be a sanctuary, 6, 242 sq. ; 9, 124 ; *the safe land,' 9, 336, 336 n.; pilgrimage to M., see *Ha^^ ; Sacred Mosque of M., see Mosques.

Medarya Gotra, Udaka of the, 45,
420,

Medhsi^nana, t.t., see Child {b).

Medhatithi Kawva, n. of a J^/shi,
author of Vedic hymns, 1, 9 ; 32, 54 ;
46, 7, 35 ; Indra carries off M., 26,
81, 81 n.

Medhatithi, his commentary on the Manu-smr/ti, 25, cvii sq., cxviiicxxvi, cxxviii-cxxx, cxxxiv ; a Kajmirian, 25, cxxiii sq., cxxiv n. ; refers to the Narada-smr/ti, 33, xii, xviii,

Medhyatithi, n.p., 46, 32 sq., 35 sq.

Medicaments, see Medicine.

Medhatithi, his commentary on the Manu-smr/ti, 25, cvii sq., cxviiicxxvi, cxxviii-cxxx, cxxxiv ; a Kajmirian, 25, cxxiii sq., cxxiv n. ; refers to the Narada-smr/ti, 33, xii, xviii,

Medhyatithi, n.p., 46, 32 sq., 35 sq.

Medicaments, see Medicine.

Medicine, origin of, 4, Ixx, 225-7 ; spells more powerful than the m. of lancet and drugs, 4, Ixxx ; three (five) kinds of m. (holiness, the Law), the knife, herbs, and sacred spells, 4, 87, 87 n., 225-8 ; 23, 44 ; men become skilled in m. in the age of Hushe^ar-mah, 5, 233 ; on m. to be used by Bhikkhus, 13, T74 ; 17, 41-61, 65 sqq., 68, 76 sq., 89, 97, 144 sq., 221-5 ; 20, 77, i54 ; one should beget offspring through the application of m. and prayers, 14, 273 ; castration and surgical operations near the anus, and clysters forbidden to Bhikkhus, 17, 77-80; Buddha allows store-houses to keep drugs in, 17, 121 ; Mahavira never used m., 22, 86 ; Gaina monk must not take m. without asking leave of his superior, 22, 306 ; wisdom requisite for understanding m., 24, 102 ; dead matter used as m., 24, 336 ; rules about taking m., 27, 114 ; 37, 48 ; storing of medicinal herbs, 27, 271 ; treatment of wounds, 35, 211 ; saving criminals worthy of death for medical purposes, 37, 53 ; curing defective sight, 37, 123 ; treated in the Nasks, 37, 437, 447 ; urine as a cure for scrofulous sores, 42, 19, 489; salve as a protector of life and limb, 42, 61 sq. ; urine, Rudra*s m., 42, 138 ; use of m. forbidden to Gaina monks, 45, 97 ; spells and roots as m., 45, 103 ; knowledge of m. disclosed by Zoroaster, 47, 75 sq. See also Parables (/), and Physicians.

Medinah, the city of YaTHrib, 6, xxxiv ; Mohammed at M., 6, xxxiv sq. ; war between Mecca and M., 6, xxxv-xlii ; the Muslims besieged by the confederate army at M., 9, 138- 42, 138 n., 140 n., 142 n. ; warning to the infidels and hypocrites of M., 9, 148, 284 sq. See also YaTHrib.

Meditation.

{a) M. on Brahman, the Lord, the Self. (3) M. of Buddhist and (Paina monks.

{a) M. ON Brahman, THE Lord, the Self.

Two kinds of m., the brahmopasana and the pratikopasana, 1, 201 ; rules about m., for the ascetic, 7, 281, 287-91 ; 15, 241 sq. ; 25, Ixix, 209-13, 211 n. ; whatever he meditates upon, that is obtained by a ma^i {in a future existence) : such is the mysterious power of ni.^ 7, 289 ; m. at time of death, 8, 78, 390; a means of attaining to Kr/shwa, 8, 79, 84, 100 ; silent m. superior to all sacrifices, 8, 89, 89 n. ; some by m. see the self in the self,by the self, 8, 105 ; leads to unity with Brahman, 8, 128 ; 11, 201 sq., 201 n. ; persons made to appear by mystic m., 8, 136, 150 ; by exclusive m., the devotee attains concentration of mind, 8, 248, 251 ; bym. he reaches greatness, 8, 3^? ;

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