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May-day, origin of..........
mother of the corn, barley, rye, &c., enquiry May-pole, origin of ...........
into the cult of the ............ ...............51, 52 Médamarya, a general of Vira-Chodadova ... 284 mothers of mankind, the........................96 and n. medicine, folk, in Madras......... ............... 192 Móti Singh, his dispute with Jaw&hir Singh.. 219 Melamba, wife of Kollabiganda-Vijayaditya Madki, the battle of ................................. 77
IV. ................................................104, 283 Muhammadpur inscription, noticed ............ 84 Merv, a rich field for numismatic research. 86, 87 Mala-Samgha, the Original Community, metempsychosis, its effect on conduct, in
founded by Mahavira; it included the Sarasfolktales ............................................. 316 vati-Gachchha ................ ................ 343, 347 midsummer fires ; reasons for the custom ... 198 Malikkalam; an ancient place
.................... 292 Mira, the celebrated Afghån bard ............... 340 Malraj of Multan, his rebellion ............ 215, 216 miracles, the power to perform, indicates per- multiplication, the Burmese system explained,
manent endowment with divinity in mnn... 46 50 ff.; - a method of checking Burmese 66, 67 Mirza Aņsäri, the Afghan poet .................. 339 murder of predecessor, a rule of priestly mistletoe = the 'soul' of the oak, 199; - con
succession.......................................... 45, 46 nection with fire-festivals.......................... 199 music, a note on Grosset's contributions to miti used in a date of the fourteenth century
Hindu ......... A. D............
................ 138 months, Hindu lunar (see also intercalary,
and lau"); names of them as used in recorded dates :
n and i, interchange of in North Indian LanAýva, = Akvayuja (Sept.- Oct.) ............ 161 guages ..............................................89 n. Agvayuja (Sept.-Oct.)
151 Nábhaka, name of a people mentioned in the Aśvina (Sept.-Oct.) .........
421 Asoka inscriptions ............... 239, 240, 247, 248 Bhadra (Aug.- Sept.) ............
138 Nábhapanti, name of a people mentioned in Bhadrapada (Aug.-Sept.) ... 84, 136, 151, 393 the Abóka inscriptions ......... 239, 240, 247, 248 Chaitra (March-April).........13, 124, 141, 153 Nadear in the Bhör State, Buddhist caves
Nader in the Bhôr Stata. B Jyêshtha (May-June) ........................ 422
.................................................... 121 Kårttika (Oct.-Nov.) ............... 83, 130, 151 | Nagapoti, mother of Gamakamba ............... 103 Madhu,= Chaitra (March-April) ......... 127 Någårjunt hill cave-inscriptions of Dasaratha, Mâgha (Jan-Feb.) ...................137, 138, 314 edited ................................................. 361 Mârga (Nov.-Dec.) ...................89, 212, 311 Någas, possibly mentioned as defeated by Märgadirsha (Nov.-Dec.) ...............141, 312 Narendramrigaraja-Vijayaditya II. .......... 101 Pau, Pausha (Dec.-Jan.) .................... 152 Någagêna, the fifth Dasa-Purvin............348, 358 Pausha (Dec.-Jan.) ......................... 133 Någor line, the, of the Sarasvati-Gachchha... 355 Phaguna (Feb.-March) ........................ 130 nails, origin of the sanctity of the, 49: -- Phálguna (Feb. March) ......85, 129, 132, 137 consequent customs ............ .................. 49 Srt, Sravana (July-Aug.) ............... 153 nakshatra, 'a lunar mansion;' names of the Sravana (July-Aug.) ................... 16, 84, 422 nakshatras, as used in recorded dates :Vai,= Vaisakha (April-May) ............... 152 Anuradh&............. Vaisakha (April-May)... 83, 129, 133, 137,
Ardra ........................ .....................
191 141, 152 Hastaka months, Hindu solar; Chaitra indicated by
Parva-Bhadrapada ......
141 the sun being in Mina (Pisces), 287; - and
Rêvati .......... Pausha, by the sun being in Ch&pa or
Rôhini ................****** Dhanus (Sagittarius)............................... 288 Sravana.........................................153, 212 monumental slabs of heroes ; an inscription
Svati ................................................... 288 on one, edited......................................
Tishya ................................................ 152 moon, the, mentioned as being in Makara Vishņudaivata ( Sravana)...................... 312
(Caprieornus) ............ ............... 132, 212 names, personal, as contrasted with dynastio Moors of Ceylon, origin of the, 120 ; - origin
titles ..............
................95 and n. of the name, 120 ; - divisions of the......... 120 Nandi-Amnaya and Nandi-Samgha, other Mörbi grant of Jainka; the final determina
names of the Sarasvati-Gachchha ............ 342 tion of the English equivalent of the date.. 381 Nandimitra, the second Sruta-Kévalin ... 347, Moros, see Moore of Ceylon........................ 120
348, 358 Mosarabs, Dr. Simonet on the...................... 429 | Napier, Sir Charles, has an interview with Moses, an oriental story of ...... ................. 89 Gulab Singh ..................
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