LakshmiGoddess of fortune and beauty.
LalitthaA people linked to the Tri·gartas.
Lokesha“Lord of the World:” a deity often equated with Brahma.
MadhavaA people, and used to refer variously to Krishna, Satyaki and Krita·varman.
MadhuThe Sanskrit for “honey,” and the name of a demon killed by Krishna.
MadreyaMetronymic for Saha·deva or Nakula.
MadriSecond wife of Pandu. Princess of the Madras, sister of Shalya and mother of the twins Nakula and Saha·deva by the two Ashvin gods.
MahendraIndra. Also the name of a mountain peak in northern India.
MandaraA mountain used as a staff by the gods to churn the ocean. The dwelling place of Rudra.
MandhatriAn ancestral king, son of Yuvanashva.
ManuThe primordial human, grandfather of the human race.
MarichaFather of Kashyapa.
MarttikavatakaA people and a country.
MarutaVayu.
MarutStorm god, follower of Indra.