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A work of later ages, 136

Maha Rahula Sutta, preached, 827

Mahavira, son of Siddhartha of Kunda-

grama, 323
Founder of Jainism, 323, 324
Entered the Holy Order at the age of
twenty-eight, 324

Death of, 324

Mahinda, son of Asoka, 320

Maitreyi, discussion of, with Yajnavalkya,
151-162

Malwa, Hindu kingdom, 126

Man, as protector and head of the family, 7

Manu, legend of, in Satapatha Brahmana,
166-167
Manufactures, commencement of, 7

Allusions to, in Rig- Veda, 26-27
In Brahmanic and Epic periods, 150
Of ancient India known to the Greeks,

218

Mara, an evil spirit, 289

Maritime travel not forbidden in ancient
India, 50
Marriage, not compulsory in Vedic India,

54
Vedic ceremony of, 55-57
Of students, 145
Among blood relations prohibited, 164
Eight varieties of, 238-239
Among kinsfolk prohibited by Vasish-
tha and Apastamba, 239
Among kinsfolk permitted by Baudha-
yana, 239
Of widows, 239

Ritual of, 244-246

Maruts, storm gods, legend of, 72

Mathura (Madura), capital of the Pan-
dyas, 207

Matriarchy, no trace of, in India, 7

Matter, in Hindu philosophy, 267

Meat, eating of, 8, 60

Megasthenes' account of India, 204, 205-

207, 210-212, 214, 219, 234, 235
Takes up residence in India, 204
Subdivides the philosophers into Brah-

inans and Sramans, 236
Metals, in ancient India, 9, 218

In the Rig-Veda, 26

Knowledge of, in Brahmanic times, 147

Metre, science of, 192

Mihintale, seat of an Indian monastery,
320
Mind, according to Sankhya philosophy,
264-265
Mithila, social life in, in Brahmanic pe-
riod, 149

Mitra, an Aditya, 69

Modo-Galingoi (Madhya-Kalingas), Hindu
tribe, 205

Moggali, father of Tissa, 319

Moggallana, convert to Buddhism, 292

Monastery, Indian, at Mihintale, 320

Money, in the Rig-Veda, 19-20

Monotheism, 172-173
In the Rig- Veda, 80-81
Moon, regulation of sacrificial rites by
position of, 157

Morning hymn to the sun, 70

Municipal government in the Brahmanic
and Epic periods, 141

N

Nachiketas, story of, 181-183

Nagasena, a renowned Buddhist teacher,
321

Nakula, one of the Pandava princes, 102

Narada, 132

Nature, according to Sankhya philosophy,
254

Nearchos, a Greek historian, 216

Nirvana, parallel to, in Sankhya philoso-

phy, 267
Meaning of, 307-308

Gained by breaking the ten fetters, 308

Nomadic life among the Aryans, 8

Non-existence, category of, in Vaisesika
philosophy, 266
Northern Buddhism, the form prevailing

in Nepal and Tibet, China, and Japan,

280, 319

O

Occult power, gained by Yoga, 260

Ocean, churning of, 25

Order of Buddhist nuns founded, 296

Orissa, Hinduized, 203

P

Paisacha marriage, 239

Palace, description of, in the sutras, 208

Pauchala kingdom, the, in 1400 B. c., 99

Panchalas, a nation of ancient India, 82

Provenience of, a mooted question, 98
Entry into the Doab, 83
Settlement of, near the modern Kanouj,
98
And Kurus, centre of the Hindu world,

99
Pandava princes, five, 104-105

Princes, exhibition of skill in the use of
arms, 104
Princes, the five, wed Draupadi, 109

Princes, slaves of Duryodhana, 107
Pandavas, refuse to fight with Kama, 103

First exile of, 103
House of the, burnt, 104

Disguised as Brahmans, 104