GLOSSARY

He accompanied Yudhishthira on his wanderings.Lopamudra Daughter of the king of Vidarbha who married the sage Agastya.

Lord Narayana : Refuge of men; Mahavishnu.


Madhava : One of the names of Krishna. It means the Lord of Lakshmi.

Madhusudana  : Another name of Krishna. the slayer of the asura Madhu.

Mahavishnu :Lord of the Universe who took human birth in order to wrest his kingdom from Emperor Bali for the salvation of the world. Lord Vishnu also took birth as Rama, son of Dasaratha,
to kill Ravana, King of Lanka.

Mahendra : A King who had attained heaven.

Maitreya : A sage who visited the court of Dhritarashtra, expressed sorrow at the Pandava's plight, advised Duryodhana not to injure the Pandavas for his own good.

Mantra: An incantation with words of power.

Manasarovar : A sacred lake in the Himalayas

Mandavya: A sage wrongly punished by the king by being impaled as the chief of robbers who had clandestinely hidden their stolen goods in a comer of his hermitage when he was in deep  contemplation. Lord Dharma gave him this punishment for having tortured birds and bees in his  childhood. At this Mandavya cursed Dharma who was born as Vidura, the wise, to the servant maid of Ambalika, wife of King Vichitravirya, who offered her to Sage Vyasa in place of Ambalika.

Maricha:  A character in The Ramayan; uncle of Ravana who transformed him self into a golden deer at the behest of Ravana to entice Sita.

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