M.
Madalekhā, Kādambarī’s confidante, [148], [150], [156]
Madana (god of Love), [8], [17];
(the thorn-apple), [17]
Mādhavī, creeper, [194]
Madhuban, grant, vii note, [xvii]
Madhukaiṭabha, a demon, [17]
Madhukarikā, [145]
Magadha, a country, [53], [148]
Mahābhārata, the epic, [40], [49], [53], [60], [88], [93], [162], [201], [212]
Mahābhisha, [201]
Mahāçvetā, a Gandharva princess, [ix], [x], [xi], [xiii], [xvi], [xx], [103], [113], [142], and passim
Mahākāla, Çiva, [xvi], [47], [53], [200], [210], [213], [214]
Mahāvarāha, Vishṇu’s Boar-avatar, [17], [30], [85], [145], [213]
Mahāvīra fires, [2]
Mahisha, a demon, [9]
Mahodaya, a hall, [196]
Maina, a bird, [2], [11], [39], [145], [150], [194], [219]
Maināka, Mount, [211]
Makarandikā, [xi]
Makarikā (a betel-bearer), [52];
(an attendant), [144]
Malabārī, woman of Malabar, [16]
Mālatikā, [144]
Mātanga (of Caṇḍāla birth), [8], [9], [10];
(a man), [28]
Mālatī (Jasminum Grandiflorum), [12], [14], [69], [157], [194]
Mālavīs, women of Malwa, [211], [214]
Malaya, hills of Malabar, [9], [51], [105], [124], [179], [186], [192]
Mānasa, a lake, [23], [41], [51], [113], [190]
Mandara, Mount, [48], [50], [64], [78], [85], [162] note.
Mandāra, the coral-tree, [105], [174], [210], [211], [215]
Maukharis, the, a family, [1]
Manoramā, Çukanāsa’s wife, [57], [72], [174], [189], [207]
Manorathaprabhā, [xi]
Mantra, hymn, [39], [56], [200]
Maruts, the winds, [100]
Mātṛikās, the, goddesses, [xvi], [56]
Mathurā, a city, [201]
Mattamayūra, [168]
Mayūrikā, [145]
Meghadūta, [96] note
Meghanāda, a warrior, [171], [174], [175], [185], [187], [191], [198], [201]
Menakā, an Apsaras, [138]
Meru, Mount, [3], [6], [19], [64], [85], [87], [114]
Milky Ocean, [2], [85], [86], [95], [96], [102], [109], [125], [156], [166], [174]
Mṛinālikā, [144]
Mṛittikāvatī, a city, [64]
Mukuṭatāḍitaka, [viii]
Mūla, a constellation, [46]
Muni, an Apsaras, [102]
Muni, an ascetic, [39], and passim