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RY OF CULTURE
 
GOVERNMENT
 
INDEX
 
MAISMATI-A city on the Narm SL
 
The capital of the Haihaya king,
Kartaviryarjuna.
 
MANDARA.A
 
JA
 
HOM
 
divine
 
Mountain;
 
Hiranyakasipu performs penance there;
is used as the churning rod when the
gods and the demons churn the milky
 
ocean.
 
MANMATHA.-God of Love; son of
and Rukmini; father of
Aniruddha; also called Pradyumna.
 
Krishna
 
MATHURA.-The capital of the Sura-
senas; Ugrasena and Kamsa ruled there;
referred to as Madhupuri also.
 
MATSYA. The Fish-incarnation of the
Lord; appears during the deluge; kills
Hayagriva and restores the Vedas;
protects on an ark king Satyavrata along
with some others, to continue the world
in the next aeon; imparts to Satyavrata
the Matsyapurana.
 
MAYA. The mystic power of the Lord
manifesting Herself as the Goddess
Mother; appears as a daughter in
Yasoda's womb in Nanda's hamlet and is
transferred 10 Mathura to the place of
Krishna. Kamsa tries to kill her but fails,
as she disappears from his hand; also
referred to as Yogamaya; Yoganidra.
 
MERUDEVI.-Queen of Nabhi; mother
of Rishabha, an incarnation of the Lord.