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Manas-Sarovar--The lake Månasa-sarovara. 2. Manasa. 3. Baibhraja-sarovara. It is
situated at the foot of that part of the Kailasa range which is called Baidyuta-parvata. Måpbhum-The western portion of the district of Manbhum in the province of Bengal apper.
tained to the ancient country of Malla-desa. Mandagnl-Same as Mandakini. Mandakint -1. Same as the river Kali-nadi in Garwal. 2. The river Mandakini which flows
into the river Paisuni (ancient Payoshņi) by the side of Chitrakuta in Bundelkhand. It was created by Anusuya, the wife of Rishi Atri and daughter of Daksha, to avert the effect
of a drought of ten years. Mandala--1. Mahesmati-mandala. 2. Mahesmati. 3. Mahesamandala. 4. Mahisha. 5. Mahi
shaka. 6. Mahishamandala. 7. Haihaya. 8. Anupadeśa, a country in Central India,
of which Mahishmatî was the capital. Mandara-Giri-A hill in the Banka sub-division of Bhagalpur in Bihar, two or three miles
from Bamsi. The gods are said to have churned the ocean with this hill as churn-staff. Manda sor--1. Dasapura. 2. Dabanagara, on the Chambal in Malwa, about ninety five miles
south-east of Udayapur. Mandhata -1. Mahishmati. 2. Omkaranátha, 3. Baidurya-Parvata. 4. Omkara. 5. Omkara
kshetra. 6. Amaresvara, an island in the Nerbuda, five miles to the east of Mahes. The temple of Omkaranátha, one of the twelve great Liugas of Mahadeva, is situated at this
place. Mandu-Mandapapura, in Malwa. Mangala-Girl-Pånd-Nrisimha, seven miles south of Bezwada, in the Kistna District, Madras
Presidency, on the top of the hill is a temple of Nrisimha, visited by Chaitanya. Mangle-Gaurt-One of the fifty-two Pithas in Gaya. Mangila Paithan-Same as Paithan. Manglora-1. Mangala. 2. Mangali. 3. Maigalapura, on the Swat river. It was the capital
of Udyana. Manikalya-Månikapura, in the Punjab, celebrated for its Buddhist topes, where Buddha
in a former birth gave his body to feed a starving tiger. Manikaran-1. Manikarna, 2. Manikarnika, on the Parvati, in the Kulu valley. Manikarnika-1. Brahmanâla, 2. Maņikarņika, in Benares. Måniklala-Same as Manikalya. Manikpattan-Manipura of the Mahabharata, a seaport at the mouth of the lake Chilka.
Manipura was once the capital of Kalinga. The situation of the capital of Kalinga as described in the Mahabharata and the Raghuvanáa as well as the name accord with those
of Manikapattan. Mafjerd–The river Banjula, a tributary of the Godåvarî, which is also mentioned as Maðjula. Marhátte Country-1. Maharashtra. 2. Asmaka. 3. Asvaka. 4. Asakka. 5. Mulaka.
6. Alaka. 7. Maulika. 8. Devarashtra. 9. Mallardahtra. 10. Bidarbha (A nargha. Raghava, vii, 96, Barooah's Dictionary, vol. III, Pref., pp. 138, 139), the boundaries of which in the seventh century were: Malwa on the north, Kosala and Andhra on the east, Konkana on the south, and the sea on the west. Its ancient capitals were Paratishthana,
Kalyani and Devagiri. MArkanda-The Aruna, a branch of the Sarasvati, in Kurukshetra. Its junction with the
Sarasvati, three miles to the north-east of Pehoa, is called the Aruna-sangama. But this identification is doubtful (see Oghavatt in Pt. I). It is perhaps the Oghavati of the
Mahabharafa. Mar-Koh-The mount Meros of Alexander's historians, near Jalalabad in the Punjab. Marta-1. Marttikávata, 2. Saubhanagara, 3. Salvapura, the capital of Mårttikávata or Salva on the north-west of the Aravali range in Marwar, not far from Ajmer. It is also onlled Merta or Maitra. But see Alwar.
