ORIENTAL SERIES.

io* MAUNlMANDA-KARNL
MALINL '
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Surrounded with, a garland (mala)
of Champa
trees. A name of the city of Champa.
MALLIKlKJIINA. A name of Siva. One of the twelve
great Lingas. See Linga.
MALLINATHA. A poet, and author of commentaries of
great repute on several of the great poems, as the Kaghu-vansa,
Megha-duta, Sisupala-badha, &c.
' MANASA
Thus denned in the Maha^bhaxata :
The intellectual.' A name of the supreme being.
"
The primeval god, with-
out beginning or dissolution, indivisible, undecaying, and im-
mortal, who is known and called by great J^shis Manasa."
MANASA, MANASA-SAROYARA. The lake Manasa in
the Himalayas. In the Yayu Purana it is stated that when the
ocean fell from heaven upon Mount Meru, it ran four times
round the mountain, then it divided into four rivers which ran
down the mountain and formed four great lakes, Arunoda on the
east, Sitoda on the west, Maha-bhadra on the north, and Manasa
on the south. According to the mythological account, the river
Ganges flows out of it, but in reality no river issues from this
lake, though the river Satlej flows from another and larger lake
called Ravawa-hrada, which lies close to the west of Manasa.
MANASA, MANASA-DEYI. Sister of the serpent king
$esha, and wife of the sage Jarat-karu. She is also called Jagad-
gaurl, Mtya (eternal), and Padmavati. She had special power
in counteracting the venom of serpents, and was hence called
Visha-hara.
MANASA-PUTRAS. '
Mind (born) sons/ The seven or teu
mind-born sons of Brahma. See Prajapati.
MANAS-TALA. The lion on which Devi rides.
MANAYA DHARMA-/SASTRA. The code of Mamu
Manu Sanhita.
See
MANAYA KALPA-StJTRA. Manu's work on Yaidik rites,
Part of it has been published in facsimile by Goldstiicker.
MANAYA PUEAZVA. See PuraTia.
MANAYI. The wife of Manu. Also called Manayl
MANDA-KAKATL A sage who dwelt in the Da?w?aka forest,
and is said in the Ramayam to have formed a lake which was
known by his name. His austerities alarmed the gods, and
India sent five Apsarases to beguile him from his penance of
"standing in a pool and feeding on nothing but air for 10,000