Mātanga, p. and skt., literally, of low birch; the Mātanga caste comprises mongrels of the lowest with higher castes.—196, 197.
Mā´thurā, p. 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 Vedāntic conception of māyā. The word means "charm, magic enhancement,"—7, 91. The similarity of sound in the names Māyā and Maria is curious.
Māyā-dévī, also called Mahā-Māyā, or simply Māyā, p. and skt., the wife of Suddhodana .and mother of Buddha. She died in childbed, and Buddha ascends to heaven to preach to her the good law and the gospel of salvation.—7, 91.
Mette´yya, p., Maitre´ya, skt., etymology, "full of kindness"; the name of the Buddha to come.—241, 245.
Moggallā´na, p., Maudgalyā´yana, skt., one of the most prominent disciples of Buddha, a friend of Sariputta.—70, 71, 85.
Mu´ni, skt. and p., a thinker, a sage; especially a religious thinker. Sakyamúni, the sage of the Sakyas, is Buddha. —26, 62, 103, 170, 171, 172.
Nadī´-Ka´ssapa, p., Nadī´-Kā´śyapa, skt., brother of the great Kassapa of Uruvelā.—64.
Nā´dika, p. and skt., name of a village.—225.
Nā´ga, p. and skt., literally serpent. The serpent being regarded as a superior being, the word denotes a special kind of spiritual beings; a sage, a man of spiritual insight; any superior personality. Nāga kings, 9.
Nalagiri, name of an elephant.—111.
Nālándā, p. and skt., a village near Rājagaha.—221, 223.
Na´ndā, p., Siddhattha's half brother, son of Pajāpatī.—86, 88.
Na´ndā, daughter of a chief of shepherds, also called Sujātā.—35.
Nātapu´tta, Jain Prakrit, Jñātapu´tra, skt., the son of Jñāta. Patronym of Vardhamāna, the founder of Jainism.—145, 146.
Nera´ājarā. p., Naira´n̄anā, skt., name of a river identified by some with the Nilajan, by others with the Phalgu.—35, 43, 235.
Nidā´na, p. and skt., cause. The twelve nidānas, forming the chain of causation which brings about the misery in the world. [See Oldenberg, Buddha, Engl. tr., pp 224–252].—40.
Nigga´ntha, p., Nirgra´ntha, skt., literally "liberated from bonds"; a name adopted by the adherents of the Jaina sect.—145, 146; Nigganthas, give also to the, 150.
Nigro´dha, p., Nyagro´dha, skt., a tree, ficus indica well known for its air roots.—43, 235.
