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Mahanagar Mahanagar (The Big City, 1963) is a 1963 film directed by Satyajit Ray. Mahanagar is one of many films from the era (see also the films of Douglas Sirk, Mikio Naruse and Yasujiro Ozu) that explored the status and independence of women in swiftly developing societies, and Ray's detailed exploration of the subject made it one of the standouts of the genre.
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited The Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited is the government owned telephone service provider in the cities of Mumbai, Thane, New Delhi and Navi Mumbai in India. The company was a monopoly till 2000 when telecom sector was thrown open to other service providers.
Mahanaim Mahanaim - meaning two camps in Hebrew, is a place near Jabbok, beyond the Jordan River, mentioned a number of times by the Bible. The precise location of Mahanaim is very uncertain, the Biblical data being inconclusive.
Mahanakorn University of Technology Mahanakorn University of Technology (Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีมหานคร, short MUT) is a university in Thailand. The university was established on February 27, 1990 at Nong Chok District, Bangkok.
Mahananda Mahananda is a sandhi or word agglutinate in Sanskrit and several other Indo-Aryan languages meaning "great happiness" or someone who has achieved such a state. Once a common given name in India, this name is now widely considered archaic.
Mahananda River The Mahananda River (Bangla: মহানন্দা Môhanônda) is a river the originates in the district of Darjeeling in West Bengal in the Himalayas. It flows through northern part of West Bengal, Bihar in India and Bangladesh.
Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary is located on the foothills of Himalayas, between the Teesta and Mahananda rivers. Animal species found here are elephant, Indian bison, tiger, barking deer, Rhesus monkey, leopard, fishing cat, jungle cat, sambar (Cervus unicolor), and cheetal.
Mahangaatuamatua Mahangaatuamatua (Mahanga-atua-matua) is a canoe mentioned in a letter by Uma-kau-oho-mata-kamokamo, a Māori chief from the Tauranga district, New Zealand, quoted in White (1887-1891). Claiming that this canoe did not bring any food plants to New Zealand because it was too sacred to carry such items, and was manned by priests and chiefs, Uma-kau-oho-mata-kamokamo said that Mahangaatuamatua was the first canoe to land in New Zealand, and that he or his people still possessed (the traditions relating to) the priests who built the canoe and the adzes that they used.
Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania Mahanoy City Correctly pronounced MA-HA-noy City, or MA-noy City to most anyone in Schuylkill County, is a borough located 50 miles (80 km) north by west of Reading in northern Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania or the southern Coal Region. The name "Mahanoy" is believed to be a variation of the Native American word 'Maghonioy', or "the salt deposits".
Mahant Swami Mahant Swami is one who leads an austere life of lifetime celibacy, without personal wealth or comfort. Since the code of conduct suggested for saints by Lord Swaminarayan is very tough, only those with strong mind and determination can go by this sainthood.
Mahantongo "Mahantongo" is a Lenape word, translated "where we had plenty of meat to eat" or "good hunting grounds." The name is shared by a creek, a valley, and a mountain in central Pennsylvania, and is a common street name in the area.
Mahanubhava The Mahaanubhav sect of western India was started by Chakradhar swaami in 1267. He propagated a religious movement in which all were accepted irrespective of their castes and the traditional ritualistic religion was rejected.
Mahapajapati Gotami Mahapajapati Gotami (in Pali; Mahaprajapati Gautami in Sanskrit) was the first woman to request ordination from the Buddha and to join the Sangha. She was both the Buddha's aunt and adoptive mother, raising him after her sister, Queen Maya (Mahāmāyā), the Buddha's birth mother, died.
Mahapanya Vidayalai Mahapanya Vidayalai (Thai: มหาปัญญาวิทยาลัย), translated roughly as college of wisdom, is an international Buddhist school located in Hat Yai, Thailand. The college is affiliated with Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University.
Mahar Regiment The Mahar Regiment is an Infantry Regiment of the Indian Army. Although it was originally intended to be a regiment consisting of troops from the Mahars and other Backward Caste communities in Maharashtra, the Mahar Regiment is one of the only regiments in the Indian Army that is composed of troops from all communities and regions of India.
Mahara Established in 2006, Mahara is the result of a collaborative venture funded by New Zealand's Tertiary Education Commission's e-learning Collaborative Development Fund (eCDF), involving Massey University, Auckland University of Technology, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand and Victoria University of Wellington.
Maharaj Krishan Kaushik Maharaj Krishan Kaushik (born May 2, 1955) is a former field hockey player from India, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. After his career he became a hockey coach and guided the Women's National Team from his native country.
Maharaja The word Mahārāja (also spelled maharajah) is Sanskrit for "great king" or "high king" (a karmadharaya from mahānt "great" and rājan "king"). Due to Sanskrit's major influence on the vocabulary of most languages in India, the term 'maharaja' is common to many modern languages, such as Bengali, Hindi, Gujrati, etc.
Maharaja Agrasen College Maharaja Agrasen College is a college of Delhi University, located in the Trans-Yamuna area of Delhi in Mayur Vihar.It has always remained in the top-rankers list in Journalism, Business Economics, Electronics, Computer Applications and Information Technology.
Maharaja Bhim Singh Rana Maharaja Bhim Singh Rana (1707-1756) was the most powerful ruler of princely state Gohad in northwestern Madhya Pradesh, India. According to Cunningham and William Cook, Bamraulia gotra jats from village Bamrauli (near Agra) in 1505 founded the city Gohad near Gwalior.
Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Maharaja Bhupinder Singh (12 October, 1891 - 23 March 1938) was maharaja of the princely state of Patiala from 1900 to 1938. History of Patiala from Patiala web site His is perhaps the most famous Maharaja of Patiala], best known for his extravagance, and for being a [[cricketer.
Maharaja Biswa Singha Bishu or more popularly known as Maharaja Biswa Singha ( Bengali: মহারাজ বিশ্বসিংহ Ruled: 1522-1554) was throned after the death of Maharaja Chandan and the second king of Kamata-Koch kingdom.
Maharaja Ganga Singh Maharaja Ganga Singh (1880-1943 AD) was a ruler with modern reformist vision of the princely state of Bikaner in present-day Rajasthan, India. He was the only non-Anglo member of the British Imperial War Cabinet during World War I.
Maharaja Chhatrasal Budelkhand Kesri Maharaja Chhatrasal (4 May 1649 - 1731) along with Chatrapati Shivaji and Guru Gobind Singh formed a trinity of rebels who rose against Aurangzeb's rule in the 18th century. He was born in Kachar Kachnai on 4th May, 1649, to Champat Rai and Lal Kunwar.
Maharaja Karni Singh Maharaja Karni Singh was the ruler of princely state of Bikaner following its cession to India, a world-renowned and award-winning skeet shooter, and a member of the Indian Parliament for 25 years from 1952 to 1977.
Maharaja of Patiala The Maharaja of Patiala was a maharaja in India and the ruler of the princely state of Patiala in Punjab. The first Maharaja of Patiala was Sardar Ala Singh (1695-1765), who was granted the title by Ahmed Shah Abdali of Afghanistan in 1764.
Maharaja Randhir Singh Maharaja Randhir Singh (1805 - 1823) was the ruler of princely state Bharatpur and successor of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Maharaja Randhir Singh ascended the throne after death of his father Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1805.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh (Punjab) Maharaja Ranjit Singh (), also called "Sher-e-Punjab" ("The Lion of the Punjab") (1780-1839) was a Sikh emperor of the sovereign country of Punjab and the Sikh Empire. His Samadhi is located in Lahore, Pakistan.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Bharatpur Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the ruler of princely state Bharatpur (1776 - 1805) and successor of Maharaja Nawal Singh. Jawahar Singh had no son, hence he was succeeded by his incapable, licentious and luxuriant brother Maharaja Ratan Singh.
Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Shrimant Maharaja Sir Sayajirao III Gaekwad (10 March 1863 – 6 February 1939), was the Maharaja of Baroda from 1875 to 1939 and notably reformed much of his state during his rule.
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda The Maharaja Sayajirao University, named after Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the visionary ruler of Baroda (Vadodara) , is one of the premier universities of India and the largest university in the city of Baroda in Gujarat, India. It is known throughout Asia for The Faculty of Fine Arts .
Maharaja Sri-Gupta The Poona copper inscription of Prabhavati Gupta describes Sri Gupta (240 - 280) as the Adhiraja of the Gupta dynasty. A portion of northern or central Bengal might have been the home of Guptas at that time; however not much evidence is available.
Maharajpur, Madhya Pradesh Maharajpur is a town in Madhya Pradesh, India located at . It was the scene of a battle in which Sir Hugh Gough, accompanied by the governor-general of India, Lord Ellenborough, defeated the local army of Gwalior state on December 29, 1843.
Maharam Shik Rabbi Moshe Shik (1807–1879) was one of the most well-known rabbis in Hungary. He was more commonly known as the Maharam Shik, Maharam being the phonetic pronunciation of the acronym for Moreinu Harav Rabbi Moishe, which means "Our Teacher the Rabbi Moshe" in Hebrew.
Maharana Pratap Sagar Maharana Pratap Sagar (also known as Pong Dam Reservoir) is a reservoir named in the honour of the patriot Maharana Pratap (1572 - 1597 AD). It located in the Kangra district of the state of Himachal Pradesh, in India.
Maharani Girraj Kaur Maharani Girraj Kaur was the ruler of princely state Bharatpur (1900 - 1918) and successor of Maharaja Ram Singh, whose ruling powers were suspended on 10th August 1900 after the murder of one of his personal servants. After an enquiry he was deposed and exiled to Agra, 27th August 1900.
Maharashtra Maharashtra (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र , , ) is India's third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. It is bordered by the states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa and the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
Maharashtra Day Maharashtra Day on May 1 is celebrated in Maharashtra, a state on western coast of India. Maharashtra attained statehood on 1st of May, 1960 when the then state Bombay was divided into two states, Maharashtra and Gujarat on the basis of different languages, Marathi and Gujarati, under the Bombay re-organization act.
Maharashtra Housing and Development Authority Maharashtra Housing and Development Authority is an Indian organisation established in 1977. Since then, it has been engaged primarily in constructing and selling housing to low and middle income groups in urban and semi-urban areas.
Maharashtra Institute of Technology Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT), Pune is an engineering college affiliated to the University of Pune, India. Established in 1983, MIT was among the first engineering colleges in the private sector in Maharashtra.
Maharashtra Mandal A Maharashtra Mandal is a social group formed to preserve the culture of those born in the Indian state of Maharashtra, and speakers of its language, Marathi, who live outside the state. Such groups exist in India and throughout the world.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र नवनिर्माण सेना, ) is a regional political party operative in Maharashtra, India. It was founded on the 9th of March 2006 in Mumbai.
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (established September 7, 1970) implements a range of environmental legislation in the state of Maharashtra, India. The MPCB functions under the administrative control of Environment Department of the Government of Maharashtra.
Maharashtra State Electricity Board Maharashtra State Electricity Board is a state owned electricity regulation board operating within the state of Maharashtra in India. The MSEB was formed on June 20, 1960 under Section 5 of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948.
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party(MGP) (Marathi : महाराष्ट्रवादी गोमंतक पक्ष) was Goa's first ruling party after the end of Portuguese colonial rule in 1961. In the first elections held in this former Portuguese colony of 451 years, it ascended to power in December 1963 and stayed on, till being ousted from power by defections in early 1979.
Maharashtri Maharashtri (Marathi: महाराष्ट्री प्राकृत), not to be confused with Marathi, is a language of ancient and medieval India, descended from Sanskrit, and spoken in what is now Maharashtra and other parts of India. It is the ancestor of Marathi and Divehi as well.
Maharashtrian cuisine Maharashtrian (or Marathi) cuisine is cuisine of the Marathi-speaking people, those from the state of Maharashtra in India. Maharashtrian cuisine covers a wide range from being extremely mild to very spicy dishes.
Maharees The Maharees peninsula (from the Irish "na Machairí" meaning "the cultivated lands") is a 5km long tombolo located on the northern side of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry. To the north of the Maharees lie the Seven Hogs or Maharee Islands, the largest of which, Oileán t-Seanaigh, contains remnants of an early Christian monastic settlement, said to have been founded by St.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (born Mahesh Prasad Varma) is the creator of Transcendental Meditation]™ and leader of the Transcendental Meditation Movement. Maharishi states that his teachings are based on the principles espoused by the [[Adi Shankara (c.
Maharishi Sthapatya Veda Maharishi Sthapatya Veda, based on an ancient system of Vedic architecture, takes into account key elements of architectural design and construction. The system consists of precise mathematical formulas, equations, and proportions for architectural design.
Maharishi Vedic Medicine Maharishi Vedic Medicine (also known as Maharishi's Consciousness-Based Health Care or Maharishi Ayurveda) was founded in the mid 1980s by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, creator of the Transcendental Meditation system.
Maharishi Vedic Science Maharishi Vedic Science is an educational model developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Described as an integrated science based on ancient Vedic texts, Maharishi Vedic Science theorizes an underlying universal intelligence or universal laws of nature that underlies all of the created universe including the human mind and body, and can be experienced in individual practice as the simplest state of awareness, but that also gives rise to our created universe.
Maharishi Yagya "Maharishi Yagya performances are Vedic performances that create life-supporting effects in order to amend or avoid any unwanted tendency before it manifests. Based upon the Comprehensive Life Kundali (birth horoscope for oneself together with one’s close relatives), Maharishi Yagya recommendations are made by a Council of experts in the Maharishi Jyotish program.
Maharjan Maharjans, also known as Jhyapu, are one of the original Newars of Nepal, predominantly in Patan of Kathmandu Valley. Their primary occupation is farming and are the sole suppliers of food materials in the community.
Maharlika Kuntaw Kuntaw is a martial art that was developed in the Philippines. Fighting skills were "borrowed" from the many cultures that arrived in the Philippines by migration or invasion and were organized into a viable fighting system.
Maharshi Gita The Maharshi Gita consists of 42 verses of the Bhagavad Gita, arranged by the 20th century Hindu mystic and sage Ramana Maharshi in order to encapsulate what he saw as its essential meaning. The verses are as follows: 2:1, 13:1, 13:2, 10:20, 2:27, 2:20, 2:24, 2:17, 2:16, 13:32, 15:6, 8:21, 15:5, 16:23, 13:27, 11:54, 17:3, 4:39, 10:10, 10:11, 5:16, 3:42, 3:43, 4:37, 4:19, 5:26, 6:25, 6:26, 5:28, 6:29, 9:22, 7:17, 7:19, 2:55, 2:71, 12:15, 14:25, 3:17, 3:18, 4:22, 18:61, 18:62
Maharshi Jaimini Maharshi Jaimini was a student of Vyasa Maharishi, whom Jaimini refers to by the name "Badarayana". Jaimini is believed to have lived around the 32nd century BC, at the beginning of the period known, in the Hindu calendar, as the Kali Yuga.
Maharshi Kapila Maharishi Kapila is a Vedic sage traditionally considered to be the original proponent of the Samkhya system of philosophy but there are no known writings by him that deal with the Samkhya system as it is understood today. He is described as an incarnation of Vishnu within the Puranas, famous for teaching a process of liberation known as bhakti yoga.
Mahashian Di Hatti Mahashian Di Hatti Limited is an Indian manufacturer, distributer and exporter of ground spices and spice mixtures under the brand name MDH. It specializes in several unique traditional blends of spices suitable for different recipes (Chana Masala for chickpeas, for example).
Mahasi Sayadaw Mahāsi Sayādaw (1904-1982) was a famous Burmese Buddhist monk and meditation master who had a significant impact on the teaching of Vipassana (Insight) meditation in the West and throughout Asia. In his style of practice, the meditator anchors the attention with the sensations of the rising and falling of the abdomen during breathing, observing carefully any other sensations or thoughts that call the attention.
Mahasiddha Mahasiddhas (Sanskrit: maha - great, siddhas - achievers) are a type of eccentric yogis or adepts important in tantric Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism. They represent the mystic and unconventional which, in tantric thinking, is often associated with the highest levels of spiritual enlightenment.
Mahasthabir Nikaya The Mahasthabir Nikaya is a Bengali order of Buddhist monks. They were anti-reformists who attempted to stifle the movement led by Saramitra Mahasthabir ("Saramedha Mahasthavira" in Pali), which led to the formation of the Sangharaj Nikaya in 1864.
Mahasti Shahrokhi Mahasti Shahrokhi (Persian: مهستی شاهرخی) is a novelist, a poet, and the winner of numerous literary prizes. Her works have been published in Another Sea, Another Shore: Persian Stories of Migration (Interlink World Fiction, U.
Mahasweta Devi Mahasweta Devi (Bengali: মহাস্বেতা দেবী Môhashsheta Debi) (born 1926 in Dacca in what is now Bangladesh) is an Indian writer. Born into a middle-class Bengali family, Mahasweta Devi studied at the school system of Visva-Bharati University, and at the University of Calcutta.
Mahatma Mahatma is Sanskrit for "Great Soul" (महात्मा mahātmā: महा mahā (great) + आत्मं or आत्मन ātman (soul)). This epithet is commonly applied to prominent people like Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (though sources vary on who first gave him this name.
Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (, , IAST: mohandās karamcand gāndhī, ) (October 2 1869 – January 30, 1948), was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. In India, he is recognized as the Father of the Nation.
Mahatma Gandhi Foundation The Gandhi Foundation is a foundation located in the United Kingdom dedicated entirely to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and his works to free India from British rule. It has an office in Kingsley Hall Community Centre in East London where Gandhi stayed in 1931.
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology (abbreviated as MGIT) is a technological institution located on the outskirts of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. The institute is located near Gandipet Lake, also called Osman Sagar, 15 kilometres from Hyderabad.
Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth The Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth is a deemed and chartered university located in the city of Varanasi, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Formerly known as the Kashi Vidyapeeth, it was re-dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement.
Mahatma Gandhi Road, Secunderabad Mahatma Gandhi Road(what used to be James Street before independence) is one of the busiest roads of the Twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and a foremost shopping district. The General Bazar and Cloth Market off this road are familiar haunts for shoppers and bargain hunters.
Mahatma Gandhi School Mahatma Gandhi School is a higher secondary boys' school in the town of Barasat, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India. There is also a Computer Training Centre in the school run by the Government of West Bengal.
Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Mahatma Jyotirao Phule (April 11, 1827 - November 28, 1890), also known as Mahatma Jyotiba Phule was an activist and social reformer from Maharashtra, critical of caste relations in Western India and noted for his work in the upliftment of widows and the lower castes in India.
Mahavamsa The Mahavamsa, also Mahawansha, (Pāli: "great chronicle") is a historical poem written in Pāli language, of the kings kings of Sri Lanka. It covers the period from the coming of King Vijaya in 543 BCE to the reign of King Mahasena (334 – 361)BC.
Mahavatar Babaji Mahavatar Babaji is the name given to an Indian yogi and holy man by several disciples of Lahiri MahasayaLahiri Mahasaya, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, Ram Gopal Muzumdar, Swami Kebalananda, Swami Pranabananda Giri who met Mahavatar Babaji between 1861 and 1935. Some of these meetings were described by Paramahansa Yogananda in his book Autobiography of a Yogi, including a first hand telling of Yogananda’s own meeting with Mahavatar Babaji.
Mahavihara The Mahavihara (Pali for "Great Monastery") was for several centuries the center of Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka. It was founded by king Devamampiya Tissa (247-207 BCE) in his capital Anuradhapura.
Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park is an Indian national park located in Vanasthalipuram, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. The park was named after Mahavir, a Jain saint, in commemoration of his 2500th birth anniversary in the year 1975.
Mahavira (mathematician) Mahavira was a 10th century Indian mathematician from Gulbarga who asserted that the square root of a negative number did not exist. He gave the sum of a series whose terms are squares of an arithmetical progression and empirical rules for area and perimeter of an ellipse.
Mahavira Hall A Maravira Hall or Hall of Maravira , meaning Hall of Supreme Power, is the main building of a buddhist temple complex, where the five Grand Buddhas are worshiped in relation to the five positions - Central, East, South, West and North. Along their sides, stand idols of the 12 Bodhisattvas and 24 celestial gods.
Mahavishnu Mahavishnu (Devanagari: महाविष्णु) is an aspect of Vishnu, the Absolute which is beyond human comprehension and is beyond all attributes. In Vaishnavite theology, the term is similar to Nirguna Brahman.
Mahavitaran MahaVitaran (महावितरण), also called MAHADISCOM OR Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ccontrolled by Government of Maharashtra, is a public sector company which distributes electricity to all regions of the state, except Mumbai city and most part of its suburban region; where BEST (Bombay Electric Suppler and Transport) and Reliance Energy, TATA Power, are the only distributors.
Mahayana Mahayana ( → , Chinese: 大乘, Dàchéng; Japanese: 大乗, Daijō; Korean: 대승, Dae-seung; Vietnamese: Đại Thừa) is one of two major branches of Buddhism existing today, the other being Theravada (小乘, 上座部). Mahayana originated in the Indian subcontinent of what is today northern Pakistan and spread to China during the first century CE where it was Sinicized and then spread throughout East Asia in its Sinicized form.
Mahayana sutras Mahayana sutras are a very broad genre of Buddhist scriptures that began to be compiled from the first century BCE. They form the basis of the various Mahayana schools, and survive predominantly in primary translations in Chinese and Tibetan of original texts in Sanskrit and Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit.
Mahayana-sutra-alamkara-karika Mahāyāna-sūtrālamkāra-kārikā ("The Adornment of Mahāyāna Sūtras") is a major work of Buddhist philosophy attributed to Maitreya-nātha. The text, written in verse, presents the Mahāyāna path from the Yogācāra perspective.
Mahazamili During testimony at a Guantanamo detainee's Combatant Status Review Tribunal Haji Ghalib testified that the Mahazamili were a group of Afghan mujahideen who had traveled to Persian Gulf during the Gulf War to join the coalition opposing Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.Summarized transcripts (.
MahĂłn cheese MahĂłn is a firm to hard white cheese made from cow's milk, named after the town of MahĂłn on the island of Minorca off the coast of Spain. MahĂłn is sweet and fruity but can be slightly salty due to sea salt content in the grasses the cows eat.
Mahé Mahé, a small town (9 km2) in the south of India on the Arabian Sea, has the official name of Mayyazhi in the local Malayalam language. The Kannur District of the state of Kerala surrounds the town on three sides.
Mahābhāṣya The Mahābhāshya ("great commentary"), attributed to Patañjali, is a commentary on the celebrated Ashtadhyayi of Panini is one of the three most famous works in Sanskrit grammar. In was with Patanjali that Indian linguistic science reached its definite form.
Mahāyāna-samgraha Mahāyāna-samgraha (The Mahāyāna Compendium, Traditional Chinese: 大乘莊嚴經論)is a key work of the Yogācāra school of Buddhist philosophy, attributed to Asanga. It introduces various Yogacārā concepts such as the ālaya-vijñāna, the three natures (tri-svabhāva), the fivefold path (pañca-mārga), and the fruits of enlightenment.
Mahbub ul Haq Mahbub ul Haq (February 22, 1934 - July 16, 1998) was an influential and world renowned Pakistani economist. One of the founders of human development theory (and a personal friend of Amartya Sen, whom he met while studying at Cambridge), he created the Human Development Index, has been used since 1990 by the United Nations Development Programme for its annual report (Human Development Report - http://hdr.
Mahdaviat Mahdaviat is a religious term in Iranian Shi'a Islam meaning "belief in and efforts to prepare for the Mahdi". Believing followers of any Mahdi claimant can be referred to as Mahdawis (or Mahdavis); their belief, faith or school of thought is thus Mahdaviat (or Mahdawia(t) and similar transliterations, depending on Arabic, Persian or Urdu pronunciation).
Mahdi In Islamic eschatology the Mahdi ( , also Mehdi; "Guided One") is the prophesied redeemer of Islam. The advent of Mahdi is a universally accepted concept in Islam, though there are basic differences among different sects of Muslims about the timing and nature of his advent and guidance.
Mahdi al-Hafez Mahdi al-Hafez was Minister of Planning in the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003 and in the Iraqi Interim Government. A Shia Muslim, al-Hafez was the Iraqi representative to the United Nations from 1978 to 1980; afterwards, he headed the Arab Economic Research Association in Cairo.
Mahdi Al Tajir Mahdi Al Tajir (Arabic: مهدي التاجر) is among the wealthiest businessmen in the United Kingdom. He has an estimated personal fortune of 2 billion pounds (close to 4 billion dollars) that has been generated from finance and real estate operations.
Mahdi Karim Mahdi Karim (مهدي كريم in Arabic, born December 10, 1983) is an Iraqi footballer who is a winger for Apollon Limassol and the Iraq national football team. Mahdi Karim is known to be one of Iraq's fastest players.
Mahdi Puya Ayatullah Agha Haji Mirza Mahdi Puya Yazdi (1317-1393/1899-1973) was a Twelver Shia Muslim and a Islamic scholar, most notable for his famous tafsir of the Qur'an. The son of the scholar Agha Mirza Muhammad Hasan of Yazd, Iran, Ayatullah Puya studied under his father as well as the eminent religious authority Agha Mirza Muhammad Husain al-Na'ini, who helped him to develop his interpretive specialization in the Qur'an.
Mahela Jayawardene Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene, known as Mahela Jayawardene, born 27 May, 1977, is the vice captain and temporary captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He is a specialist batsman who has a Test average close to 50, and an ODI average in the 30s.
Mahendra Chaudhry Mahendra Pal Chaudhry (born 9 February 1942) is the leader of the Fiji Labour Party in Parliament. Following a historic election in which he defeated the long-time former leader, Sitiveni Rabuka, the former trade union leader became Fiji's first Indo-Fijian Prime Minister on May 19 1999, but exactly one year later, on May 19 2000 he and most of his Cabinet were taken hostage by the hardline Fijian nationalist leader George Speight, in the Fiji coup of 2000.
Mahendra of Nepal Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal (June 11, 1920 - January 31, 1972) was king of Nepal from 1955 to 1972 and the British Field Marshals in 1960. He succeeded his father, Tribhuvan, who had, after years as a puppet of the Rana family, finally managed to break their more than 100-year hegemony over the country.
Mahendra Sanskrit University Mahendra Sanskrit University (MSU) was established in December 1986. The university offers Intermediate (Uttar Madhyama), Bachelor's (Shastri), Bachelor of Education, Master's (Acharya) and Doctoral courses in classical and modern subjects.
Mahendravarman I Mahendravarman I (600 - 630 CE) was the Pallava king ruling in the northern regions of Tamil nadu state in India. He was the son of Simhavishnu, who defeated the Kalabhras and re-established the Pallava kingdom.

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