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- Mā:
- To measure. See Māyā.
- Mada:
- Intoxication, delight, thrill. Refers to the effect the afflictions (kleśas) have on us. See Kleśa.
- Mahābhūta:
- Gross element. There are seven gross elements, but only five are named. They are ether (ākāśa), fire (agni), air (vāyu), water (jala), and earth (pṛthvī). They’re the gross objects (viṣayas) of the senses (indriyas), as opposed to the subtle objects (tanmātras). See Tattva.
- Mahāsāgara:
- The great ocean, as opposed to the stream (srota). See Nirguṇa Brahman.
- Mahat:
- See Vijñāna.
- Mahāvākya:
- One of four “great sayings” from the Upaniṣads. They are “Thou art that” (tat tvam asi), “I am the source” (aham brahmāsmi), “The source is wisdom” (prajñānam brahma), and “This self is the source” (ayam ātma brahma).
- Mahāvrata:
- Great vow. See Yama and Niyama.
- Manas:
- 1) Mind.
- 2) See Manomayakośa.
- Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad:
- The smallest and arguably the most important Upaniṣad. It discusses the waking, dream, and deep sleep states (jāgrat, svapna, and suṣupti avasthās) as aspects of the om (oṃkāra). The silence that follows is the fourth state (caturtha avasthā), which is equated to the self (ātman). See Upaniṣad.
- Manomayakośa:
- The mental sheath. The first principle (tattva) of mind (sattva) and the fifth of the seven sheaths (saptakośa). Part of a triad (traya) that includes the name body (nāmaśarīra) and knowledge yoga (jñānayoga). See Kośa.
- Mantra:
- 1) Verse.
- 2) Mystical phrase.
- Mārga:
- Path, as opposed to a belief system.
- Māyā:
- Measuring the pairs of opposites (dvaṃdvas). Wise measuring leads to liberation (mokṣa); unwise measuring leads to bondage (bandha). See Dvaṃdva.
- Mithuna:
- Interactive, copulative. See Kālavāda.
- Mithyā:
- Falsity, as opposed to truth (satya).
- Mokṣa:
- Liberation, freedom, as opposed to bondage (bandha).
- Mu:
- Binding, confinement.
- Muc:
- To free, release, or liberate.
- Mukta:
- Free, as opposed to bound (baddha).
- Mūla:
- 1) Origin, root, ground, foundation. See Nirguṇa Brahman.
- 2) Ground state. See Avasthā.
- Mūladeśa:
- Point of origin, root point. See Nirguṇa Brahman.
- Mumukṣutva:
- Seeking liberation, as opposed to inertia (abhiniveśa). See Bheṣaja.