Mahāyā'na, the great vehicle, viz., of salvation. Name of the Northern conception of Buddhism, comparing religion to a great ship in which men can cross the stream of Samsāra to reach the shore of Nirvāna.—[ix], [x].
Ma'lla, p. and skt., name of a tribe.—[239], [241], [245], [246], [249], [250], [251].
Manasā'kata, p., Manasā'krita, skt., a village in Kosala.—[139], [140], [142].
Mandā'ra, p. and skt., a flower of great beauty.—[9].
Mā'ra, p. and skt., the Evil One, the tempter, the destroyer, the god of lust, sin, and death.—[5], [9], [25], [34], [36], [39], [42], [43], [44], [79], [116], [117], [130], [131], [133], [171], [173], [205], [235].
Māra's daughters are always three in number but their names are variously given as Tanhā, Arati, Rati (Dh. 164), and Tanhā, Arati, Ragā (Ab. 44 etc.).—[36], [258].
Mā'tali, p. and skt., name of a demon in the retinue of Yama.—[198].
Māta'nga, p. and skt., literally, of low birth; the Matanga caste comprises mongrels of the lowest with higher castes.—[196], [197].
Mā'thura, and skt., name of a place.—[200].
Mā'yā, p. and skt., Buddha's mother. (See Māyā-devī.) The term "veil of Māyā," viz., the illusion of self, popularly known through Schopenhauer, does not refer to Buddha's mother, but to the Vedantic conception of māyā. The word means "charm, magic enhancement."—[7], [91]. The similarity of sound in the names Māyā and Maria is curious.