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GENERAL INDEX. 479 quarternary and the tertiary eras, 4, 12, 37. Manu, a Smṛiti writer, quoted, 68, 69, 257, 488, progenitor of the human race, saved in the deluge, 385-387; an ancient Vedic sacrificer, 160, 161. Mânushâ yugâ, means human ages and not always human generations, 172-176; commenced with the first dawn, 176; and kshapah used to denote the whole year, 181. Mârtâṇḍa, the still-born Âditya, the derivation and meaning of, 158; See Aditi, Âditya. Mâtsya-Purâṇa, account of the deluge in 386. Matutinal; deities, travelling by the Devayâna path, 74; following the dawns, 107; the story of the Ashvins leading the van in the march of, 299, 301. Max Muller, Prof. F., on the importance of the discovery of relationship between Sanskrit and Zend, 2; on the untranslateable portion of the Vedas, 6; on the meaning of Samayâ, 86; his explanation of dawns in the plural number unsatisfactory, 96; on the meaning of yojana, 105; of chhandas, 116; of kshapah, 127; on the difference between Ushâsânaktâ and Ahanî, 135; his explanation of eight Âdityas improbable, 156; on the meaning of mânushâ yugâ, 174; on continuous nights, 180, 181; on the three-fold meaning of cows in the Ṛig-Veda, 201, 202; on the stealing of cows in the Greek mythology and on the ancient Greek year, 203, 205; on the dawn theory, 240, 241; on the Vernal theory, 244; on the derivation of Apollon, 255; on seven rivers, 289; his explanation of the Ashvins' exploits, 178, 299; his derivation of Trita improbable, 336; on the resemblance of names in the Iliad with Vedic names, 349; on progressive savages, 444; on Logos, 450. May, the calends of, 398, 399. Mazda, the path of, 75; followed by waters and the sun, 266. Meru, or the North Pole, six months' day at, in the Saṁhitâs, 56; seat of the gods, and six monthly night and day at, 67, 385, 453; in the Taittirîya Âraṇyaka, 70; permanently illumined by Kashyapa, 154. Merv, the Avestic Mouru, 359. Mesopotamia, not the same as Avestic Rangha, 361. Migrations, of the Iranian race in succession from Airyana Vaêjo, 360-384; the age of, 453, 455. Milkings, five, 119. Mîmâṁsakas, their interpretation of Râtri in Râtri-Sattras shewn to be incorrect, 211 f.; their view of the eternity of the Vedas, 449. Mitra, the representative of half-year long light, 351. Monogeny, the theory of, regarding human origin, 445. Months, of sunshine, less than twelve in the Arctic regions, 56, 151; sacrificial session of ten, 191, 198; Avestic, of winter and summer, 371-374; See Dashame yuge, Gavâm ayanam, Seasons, Year and Yuga. Moon, description of her appearance at the pole, 47