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Glossary

Mathurā—the ancient city, close to Vṛndāvana, in the greater area
called Vraja-maṇḍala. Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared in Mathurā and was then
taken to Vraja.
Matsya, Lord—the famous incarnation of Lord Viṣṇu in the form of
a giant fi sh.
Mauryas—the dynasty established by Candragupta Maurya.
Māyā—illusion (lit. “that which is not”).

Māyādevī—the personification of the Lord’s illusory potency.
Māyā Sītā—the apparition of (the real) Sītādevī that was abducted
by Rāvaṇa.
Māyāvāda—the faulty philosophy of oneness, or monism, that claims
that the jīva (soul) is equal to God in all respects and has simply
forgotten this “fact.” This stand was widely propagated throughout
India by the great Śaṅkarācārya during the seventh and the beginning
of the eighth century AD.
Māyāvādī—(1) a renunciant who has been initiated into one of
Śaṅkarācārya’s orders; (2) one who believes in monism.
Menakā—a celestial nymph (Apsarā) who was sent to earth by Indra
to disturb the meditation of sage Viśvāmitra.
Mitra—a friend.
Mleccha—a person born outside of Vedic culture and not raised
according to Vedic standards of behavior.
Modes of material nature—See: Guṇas.
Mogul Empire—the portions of India that had been subjugated by
a dynasty of Muslim invaders who were in power from the sixteenth
century until the middle of the nineteenth century.
Mohinī-mūrti—an incarnation of Lord Viṣṇu in the form of an
alluring goddess.
Mokṣa—liberation (the fourth Vedic goal of human life). See also:
Artha, Dharma, Kāma.
Mount Meru—a celestial golden mountain the top of which is the
residence of the demigods.
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