ORIENTAL SERIES.

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MAUKEYAS. A class of Gandharvas, sons of Kasyap%
who dwelt beneath the earth, and were sixty millions in number.
They overpowered the Nagas, and compelled them to flee
to Yishwu for assistance, and he sent Purukutsa against them,
who destroyed them,
MAURYA. The dynasty founded by Chandra-gupta at
Pafoli-putra (Patna) in Magadha, According
to the Vishnu
Purfma, the Maurya kings were ten in number and reigned 137
years. Their names were (i.) Chandra-gupta, (2.) Bindu-sara,
(3.) Asoka-vardhana, (4.) Su-yasas, (5.) Dasa-ratha, (6.) Sangata,
(7.) $ali-suka, (8.) Soma-sarman, (9.) $asa-dharman, (10) Bn-
had-ratha. The names vary in other Purarcas. See Chandra-
gupta.
MAYA. A Daitya who was the architect and artificer of the
Asuras, as Yiswa-karma was the artificer of the Suras or gods.
He was son of Yiprachitti and father of Yajra-kama and Mando-
dari, wife of Etlva^a. He dwelt in the Deva-giri
mountains not
very far from Delhi, and his chief works were in the neighbourhood
of that city, where he worked for men as well as Daityas.
The Maha-bharaia speaks of a palace lie built for the Paft^avas.
In the Hari-vansa he appears frequently both as victor and van-
quished in contests with the gods.
MAYA. *
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Illusion, deception.
i. Illusion personified as a
female form of celestial
origin, created for the purpose of beguiling
some individual Sometimes identified with DurgE as the
source of spells, or as a personification of the unreality of worldly
things. In this character she is called Maya-devl or Maha-
rnaya. 2. A name of Gaya, one of the seven sacred cities.
MAYA-DEYI, MAYA-YATI. Wife of the demon tfambara,
She brought up Pradyunma, the son of Knshwa, and subse-
quently married him. Praclyumna is represented as being a
revived embodiment of Kama, the god of love ; and in accord-
ance with this legend Maya-vati is identified with his wife Eati,
the Hindu Yenus. See Maya.
MAYU. (
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Bleater, bellower.
The Kinnaras are called Mayus,
MEDHATITHI Name of a Kawva who was a Yedic JSishi.
There is a legend in one of the Upanishads that he was carried
up to heaven by Indra in the form of a ram, because the god had
been pleased with his austerities. Gf, Ganymede.
MEDISTl The earth. See Kai&bha.