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17, 184.4, 187.10, 11, 18, 190.85, 194.28, 215.53-54; effect of 125.852; varieties 125.34-52;—a name of Durga 17.44, 60, 69, 28.1, 22. Mayatirtha, a tirtha in Kubjamraka 125.133, 126.35, 38, 222. Mayayogin 126.38. Medhatithi, a king of Avanti 189.26, 29, 34, 37, 39, 44, 56;—a sage 170.62;— son of Priyavrata and lord of Sakadvipa 74.7, 8. Meghasaila, a mount near lake Mahabhadra 78.21-23. Meghavarna, a Raksasa 94.5. Menaka, a celestial damsel 214.41-42. Merorvara, a tlrlha in Badari 141.32-35. Meru, the central mountain in Jambudvlpa 10.38, 42-43, 44, 59, 67, 27.2, 28. 14-15, 31.12, 69.3, 16, 75.13, 41, 51, 53, 76.1-2, 79.27-28, 82.1, 94.1, 113. 1, 49, 125.38, 140.85, 141.32, 34, 35, 148.25, 28-29, 31, 38, 144.9, 148. 51, 213.3, 214.53-55. Merudevi, wife of Nabhi 74.9. Merumadhya 74.8. Mirror, offering of 128.89-90. Misrakesi, daughter of Prahetr married by Durjaya 10.74. Mithi, king of Mithila, son of Nimi 208.28. Mithila 8.3, 161.2, 208.34. Mitraha, a Raksasa 94.10-12. Mitravasu, a sage 114.16-17. Mlecchas 85.3, 140.5, 151.7. Modasalaka, a settlement in Naisadha 83.2. Moha, illusion 2.28. Mohasastra, the doctrines propounded by Rudra for non-Vedicpeople71.8. Moksaraja, a tirtha near Govaradhana 164.38. Moksatlrtha, a tirtha in Mathura 152.64. Mrgasrngodaka, a spring near Sailesvara 215.65. Mucukunda, Manija Sunda reborn 36.5;—the sleeping place of Mucukunda in Mathura 158.29-30. Mukhyasarga, principal creation 2.29, 38-39. Muktikesvara, a tirtha in Mathura 160.61. Muktiksetra, a holy place on the bank of Gandaki 144.122, 182, 145.1, 111. Mulatapa, a settlement in Naisadha 83.2. MulinI, a river rising from Mahendra 85.6. Muni, son of Dyutiman 74.7. Munidesa, a region of Krauncadvipa 88.3. Munjavan, a peak in Mandara 213.13, 87-88, 214.10, 35, 88. Mura, a demon 113.2. Nabhi, son of Medhatithi 74.8. Naciketas, son of Uddalaka 193.13, 194.1, 21-22, 23, 36, 195.20, 212.18. Naga, a mount in Meru 80.10. Nagas 16.5, 24.33, 75.59, 79.18-19, 80.9, 81.2, 93.27-28, 145.84, 153.41;— vital airs in the body 17.24-25, 18.1-3. Nagadvipa, a division of Bharatavarsa 85.1. Nagahrada, a holy pond in Nepal 215.41. Nagatfrtha, a tirtha in Mathura 154.15. Nagavati, a river 82.4. Nagnakapala, a vrata relating to Rudra 97.38, 43; origin of the name 97.38. Nahusa, a serpent-chief 214.57-63. Naimisa, a holy forest 5.46-47, 122.12, 152.10, 153.5; origin of the name 11. 109-110;- -a tirtha in Mathura 176.67-68, 215.55, 217.14, Naimisraddha 188.104. •Glossary 705 Naisadha, a mountain (same as Nisadha) 74.8, 83.1. Naisthuraka, a hunter 5.20, 25. Naka, a settlement in Naisadha 83.2. Nala, a king, son of Virasena 44.17, 61.11;—a Raksasa 94.10-12. Namuci, a demon killed by Indra 96.5. Nanda, a serpent-king 81.7;—son of Medhatithi 74.8. Nanda, a name of Durga 28.44, 99.1, 4;—a river in Sakadvlpa 86.3, 214.4649. Nandana, garden of Indra 10.50-52, 126.32, 120, 137.235, 139.27, 148.47, 48,