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INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS
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Marici, previous birth of Mahāvīra, 3-7; practices of, 4; prophecy about his future birth, 5; takes Kapila as disciple, 6. meditation, penalty of evil, 119, n. 131.
meditations, two evil, 17, n. 21.
Meghakumāra, birth of, 158; story of, 162-164. Meyer J. J., n. 221, 364.
mirrors, used to commit murder, 204.
mithyaduşkṛta, a kind of apology, 240, 362. monkey's fall, 203, n. 175, 360.
moon-days, 364.
Moraka (hamlet), where Vira passed first rainy season, 43, 51.
mound, protects Vaiśāli, 329; destruction of, 330.
Mrgavati, Q. of Satanika, 112 ff.; painted by Daraka, 200; tricks Pradyota, 202 f.;
takes the vow, 206.
muhurta, (forty-eight minutes), 351.
musical instruments, three kinds of, 91, n. 106.
Naga, charioteer, story of, 141-144.
Nagasena, householder, 58.
Nagila, friend of goldsmith, Vidyunmālin, 286, 287, 288.
Nagila, layman, last in duḥşamă, 344.
Naişadhacarita, 362.
naişedhaki (warding off other business), 272.
Nalagiri, Pradyota's fine elephant, 274, 281.
Nālandā, suburb of Rajagṛha, 64.
namaskara (formula of homage), 39.
namaskriya (formula of homage ), 270, n. 206.
naming-ceremony, 32.
Nanda, wife of Śreņika, mother of Abhaya, 146; made chief-queen, 149; given a pair of balls, breaks them, 239; gives earrings and garments to Halla and Vihalla, takes the vow, 312.
Nandana, previous birth of Mahavira, 17-23.
Nandinipit, a resident of Śrāvasti, lay-disciple of Vira, 213.
Nandişena, birth of, 158; 164-166.
Nayasara, previous birth of Mahavira, story of, 1-2.
necklace, pearl, given by god to Śreņika, given by Śrenika to Celaṇā, 239; given
to Halla and Vihalla, 313; demanded by Kūņika, 319. Nemi, color of, 360.
nidāna, (a wish for a reward for penance ), 287, 364. night-vigil in connection with new-born child, 32. niti, political wisdom, 374.
nudity, beginning of practice of, 54.
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