Krsna Kirtana Songs
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Words Starting with M
Madana-gopāla (मदन गोपाल) – name of Lord Kṛṣṇa
Madana-mohana (मदन मोहन) – name of Lord Kṛṣṇa
Mādhava (माधव) – killer of Madhu; name of Lord Kṛṣṇa
Mādhavācarya (माधवाचार्य) – an
ācārya in the Gauḍīyā
succession of disciples
Mādhavendra Purī
(माधवेन्द्र पुरी)
– spiritual master of Īśvara Purī
Madhvācārya (मध्वाचार्य) – a thirteenth century ācārya who preached the theistic philosophy of
“pure dualism”; i.e. distinct difference between the Lord and the individual
living entities
madhya (मध्य) – 1) one of the seven original
tālams in South Indian music 2) medium tempo
madhya saptaka
(मध्य सप्तक) – middle octave
madhyama (मध्यम) – the fourth note in the
musical scale
Mādrī (माद्री)
– the second wife of Pāṇḍu who
accepted self-immolation after Pāṇḍu’s
death; mother of Nakula and Sahadeva
Mahābhārata (महाभारत) – the epic written by Vyāsadeva describing the history of India and the
lunar dynasty as it entered the Age of Kali; contains the Bhagavad-gītā
mahājana (महाजन) – the chief authorities
on the process of pure devotional service to the Lord
Mahāprasthānika Parvana
(महाप्रस्थानिक पर्वन) – the seventeenth book
discussing the retirement of the Pāṇḍavas
and Draupadī
mahā-mantra (महामन्त्र) – see Hare Kṛṣṇa
mahat-tattva (महत्तत्त्व) – total material energy
mahātmā (महात्मा)
– “great soul”
maidān (मैदान) – “midfield”; the region
between the kinnar and syahi
on a classical drum head
Mainaka (मैनक) – the mountain in the
sea between India and Sri Kṛṣṇa that offered to help Hanumān
Mālyavān (माल्यवान) – the maternal
grandfather of Rāvaṇa
mānava (मानव) – human-life
mandarā saptaka
(मन्दरा
सप्तक) – the lower octave
Maṇḍavī (माण्डवी)
– wife of Bharata
Māndhātā (मान्धाता)
– arrogant and powerful king of the solar dynasty who was defeated by Lavaṇa
Mandodarī (मन्दोदरी)
– the principal queen of Rāvaṇa; mother of Meghnāda
Mantharā (मन्थरा)
– maid of Kaikeyī who instigated a plot to send Rāma to the forest
mantra (मन्त्र) – a syllable, word,
verse, or incantation with special spiritual potency or realization
Manu (मनु) – the first man on Earth
Manu-Saḿhitā (मनु संहिता)
– the Vedic law book for human society
Matysa-deśa (मत्स्य-देश) – the kingdom near the Kuru
nation where the Pāṇḍavas stayed in
anonymity for one year
Matsyadeva (मत्स्यदेव) – the Lord’s form of a
fish to save the Vedas and protect Satyavrata and the
elements of the Earth
Mārīca (मारीच) – the uncle of Rāvaṇa who took form of golden deer to divert the attention of Lord Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa
Maruta (मरुत) – see Vāyu
Mārwā (मारवा)
– one of the ten parent scales of North Indian music
mātā (माता)
– mother
mātṛ
(मातृ) –
prefix: “mother-”
mātrā (मात्रा)
– unit of time in Indian rhythms
matta (मत्त) – 1) lit. ecstatic 2) a
rare nine beat rhythmic cycle
Mausala Parvana
(मौसल पर्वन) – the sixteenth book
discussing the destruction of the Yādava race
Maya (मय) – father of Mandodarī who was well known
for his role as an architect, he surrendered to Kṛṣṇa and
offered the Pāṇḍavas the palace of
illusion
Māyā (माया)
– “that was it not”; the Lord’s illusory energy
Māyāvāda (मायावाद) – impersonal philosophy
Māyāvādī (मायावादी)
– impersonalist
Meghnāda (मेघनाद) – eldest of Rāvaṇa and Mandodarī; “thunder-voiced”
mela (मेल/मेळकर्ता)–
(melakartā) the system of classifying rāgams of South Indian into seventy-two scales
miśra (मिश्र) – 1) mixed 2) the class
of rhythmic cycles based on having similarity to seven-beat cycles
Miśra Cāpu
(मिश्र चापु)
– a seven beat cyclic form used in Carnatic music
Mithilā (मिथिला)
– the capital city of Videha
mizrāb (मिज़राब) – (mezrāb)
the finger pick used to pluck the strings on a sitar
mleccha (म्लेच्च) – ones who do not follow
the Vedic culture
Mohinī (मोहिनी)
– Lord Viṣṇu
in the form of a woman to steer the nectar of immortality to the demigods
Mohana (मोहन) – “the one that
enchants”; name of Lord Kṛṣṇa
mokṣa
(मोक्ष) – salvation
mṛdańga (मृदङ्ग) – 1) (mṛt + ańga = “clay body”) see khol
2) general term for two-headed barrel drums
mṛdańgam (मृदङ्गम्) – the two-headed barrel low-pitched wooden drum in
South Indian music
mṛga (मृग) –
deer
Mṛga Nayana (मृग नयन) – “deer eyed one” (female = Mṛga
Nayanī)
Mṛgeśa (मृगेश) – the lord of deers; Kṛṣṇa
mṛtyu (मृत्यु) – death
Mṛtyu-loka (मृत्यु लोक) – lit.
“world of the mortals”; the material world
muḍha (मुढ) – donkey; (coll. “fool”)
mukra (मुखड़ा)
– (mukaḍā) 1) lit. “face”; verse in a song
2) the cadence form connecting two rhythmic cycles together
mukti (मुक्ति)
– liberation from the cycle of repeated birth and death
murtī (मुर्ती)
– lit. “personification”; Deity statues
Muṣṭika
(मुष्टिक) – the minister and wrestler of Kaḿsa; killed by Balarāma
UPDATED: July 5, 2009