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- Maa Mangala Mandir, KakatpurHindu temple in Odisha, India
- Maa Tara Chandi TempleHindu Temple in Sasaram, Bihar
- Maanturai Amravaneswarar TempleHindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India
- Madala PanjiChronicle of the Jagannath Temple
- Madan Mohan Temple, KarauliHindu temple of Krishna in Karauli, Rajasthan
- MadhavdevIndian polymath
- Madhavendra PuriMedieval Hindu ascetic
- Madhu PurnimaTheravadin Buddhist festival
- Madhu-KaitabhaAsuras in Hindu mythology
- Madhur TempleHindu temple in Kerala, India
- Madhurakavi AlvarMadhurakavi Alvar was one of the twelve Alvars saints of South India, who are known for th
- MadhurāṣṭakamSanskrit Hindu octet
- Madhusūdana SarasvatīIndian philosopher in the Advaita Vedānta tradition
- Madhyama AgamaEarly Indian Buddhist text
- Madhyamakālaṃkāra8th-century Tibetan Buddhist text
- MadraAncient people in north-western South Asia
- Madra kingdomAncient Indian kingdom
- MadriQueen and mother of the Pandavas in the epic Mahabharata
- Madurai VeeranTamil folk hero
- MaechiBuddhist nuns in Thailand
- Maeda clanThe Maeda clan (前田氏, Maeda-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan who occupied most of the Hokur
- Maga BrahminBrahmin sub-caste from the Indian subcontinent
- Magar Kham languageMagar Kham (मगर खाम), also known as Kham, Kham Magar, and Khamkura, is the Sino-Tibetan la
- Magar languageSino-Tibetan language of Nepal, Bhutan and India
- Magh MelaAnnual Hindu festival
- Magha (month)Eleventh month of the Hindu lunar calendar
- Māgha PūjāBuddhist festival and day of observance in Southeast and South Asia
- Maha Ganapathi Mahammaya TempleHindu Temple
- Mahabaleshwar Temple, GokarnaHindu temple in Karnataka state, India
- MahabaliKing in Hindu scriptures
- Mahabhagavata PuranaHindu goddess-centric text
- Mahabharata Tatparya NirnayaMahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya is a commentary on the Hindu epic Ramayana, birth of Veda Vya
- MahabhashyaSanskrit work of commentary
- MahābhūtaFundamental elements in Indian philosophy
- MahabrahmaFigure in Buddhist mythology
- Mahadevendra Saraswati VMahadevendra Saraswathi V was the 67th Peethadishwar of the Kanchi matha.
- MahadeviSupreme goddess in Hinduism
- Mahādvāra NikāyaBuddhist monastic order in Myanmar
- Mahakal templeHindu temple in India
- MahakalaGod in Hinduism and Tantric Buddhism
- MahakaliGoddess in Hinduism and Buddhism
- Mahakapi JatakaOne of the Jataka tales
- MahākāśyapaPrincipal disciple of Gautama Buddha and leader at the First Council
- Mahalingeswarar Temple, ThiruvidaimarudurHindu temple in Thanjavur
- MahamahamTamil Hindu festival
- Mahāmāyā TantraThe Mahāmāyā Tantra, (Sanskrit: श्रीमहामायातन्त्रराजनाम, Śrīmahāmāyātantrarājanāma) (Tibet
- Mahamaya TempleHindu temple in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India
- Mahamayuri Vidyarajni SutraMahāyāna Buddhist scripture focused on the bodhisattva Mahamayuri
- Mahamevnawa Buddhist MonasterySri Lankan Buddhist monastic organisation
- Mahamrityunjaya MantraVerse and mantra of the Ṛgveda
- MahamudraUnion of wisdom and emptiness
- Mahanam SampradayaFamous Hindu religious tradition of Bengal
- MahanayakaMahanayaka (also spelled as Maha Nayaka, Maha Nayake) Theras are high-ranking Buddhist mon
- Mahānipāta JātakaBuddhist collection of stories
- Mahant Swami MaharajSixth spiritual successor of Swaminarayan
- MahanubhavaKrishnaite Vaishnava denomination
- Mahāparinibbāna SuttaSutta narrating the Mahaparinibbana of Gautama Buddha
- MahapatakasMahapatakas are five great sins (pāpa) that are mentioned in Hindu texts.
- Mahāprajāpatī GautamīFoster mother of Gautama Buddha and the first Buddhist nun
- Mahāratnakūṭa SūtraSutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism
- MaharishiAncient Indian sage or seer
- MahāsammataMahāsammata (මහා සම්මත); also spelled Maha Samrat; lit. "the Great Elect"), also known as
- Mahāsaṃnipāta SūtraSutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism
- MahāsattvaA mahāsattva (lit. 'great being') is a great bodhisattva who has practiced Buddhism for a
- MahasiddhaMaster practitioner of yoga and tantra
- MahasthamapraptaBodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism
- Mahavakya UpanishadSanskrit text, linked to Atharva Veda
- MahāvākyasAspect of the Upanishads
- MahāvaṃsaHistorical chronicle of Sri Lanka
- MahāvastuEarly Buddhist text
- Mahavatar BabajiHindu Yogi
- MahavidyaGroup of ten Hindu goddesses
- MahaviharaBuddhist term for a great temple or monastery
- Mahavira HallMain hall of Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Japanese Ōbaku Zen Buddhist temples
- Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa SūtraSutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Mahayana sutrasReligious texts in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition
- Mahayana-sutra-alamkara-karikaBuddhist philosophy
- MahayogaBuddhist tantra
- Mahindarama Buddhist TempleSri Lankan Buddhist temple in Penang, Malaysia
- MahishasuraBovine asura slain by the goddess Durga
- MahishmatiAncient city in present-day central India
- MahishyaBengali Hindu predominantly agrarian caste
- MahuriHindu caste
- Maijishan GrottoesCaves in Gansu, China
- Main Hall (Japanese Buddhism)Main building in Japanese buddhist temples
- MaithilsIndo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group from the Indian subcontinent
- MaithunaSanskrit term used in Tantra most often translated as "sexual union"
- Maitrayaniya UpanishadOne of the ancient Sanskrit scriptures of Hinduism
- MaitreyaFuture Buddha in Buddhist eschatology
- Maitreya teachingsAspect of Buddhist teachings
- Maitreya UpanishadThe Maitreya Upanishad (Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उपनिषत्, IAST: Maitreya Upaniṣad) is one of the
- MaitrīBuddhist term meaning "loving-kindness"
- Majjhima Nikāya2nd Buddhist Scriptures Collection in Pāli Canon
- MakaraHindu mythological creature
- Makara (month)Makara is a month in the Indian solar calendar. It corresponds to the zodiacal sign of Cap
- Malati DasiSenior spiritual leader of ISKCON
- Malay Chetty creole languageLanguage of Malaysia and Singapore
- Malayalam calendarSidereal solar calendar used by the Malayali people
- Malayappa SwamiTirumala Venkateswara Temple deity in India
- Malik KafurGeneral of Delhi Sultanate
- Mallikarjuna Temple, SrisailamHindu temple in Andhra Pradesh
- Malvi languageIndo-Aryan language from Malwa, India
- Manakanchara NayanarManakanchara Nayanar, also known as Manakkanychaara Nayanar, Manakkancharar, Manakanjara N
- Manali, Himachal PradeshTown in India
- Manas (early Buddhism)Manas (Pali: मनस्) is one of three overlapping terms used in the nikayas to refer to the m
- Manas-vijnanaManas-vijnana (Skt. "'मानस-विज्ञान"'; mānas-vijñāna; "mind-knowledge", compare man-tra, jñ
- ManasaHindu folk goddess of snakes
- Manavala MamunigalHindu theologian
- Manchu shamanismFolk religion of the Manchu people
- MandalaSpiritual and ritual symbol in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism
- Mandala 1First book of the Rigveda
- Mandala 10The tenth mandala, or chapter, of the Rigveda contains 191 hymns. Together with Mandala 1,
- Mandala 7The seventh Mandala of the Rigveda ("book 7", "RV 7") has 104 hymns. In the Rigveda Anukra
- Mandala 8The eighth Mandala of the Rigveda has 103 hymns. Other than the "family books" (Mandalas 2
- Mandala 9The ninth Mandala of the Rigveda, also called the Soma Mandala, has 114 hymns, entirely (a
- Mandala of the Two RealmsKey mandala in East Asian Esoteric Buddhism
- MandapaSanskrit term for a pillard hall or pavilion
- Mandi Shivaratri FairHindu fair celebrated in India
- MandodariChief wife of Lanka king Ravana in Hindu epic Ramayana
- MangalaDeity of Planet Mars
- Mangaladevi TempleHindu temple in Karnataka, India
- MangalasasanamHindu concept and list of prayers
- Mange TempleBuddhist temple in Yunnan, China
- Mangsong MangtsenMangsong Mangtsen (Tibetan: མང་སྲོང་མང་བཙན), Trimang Löntsen or Khri-mang-slon-rtsan (r. 6
- Mani JewelA Mani Jewel (Chinese: 摩尼珠; pinyin: móní zhū; Japanese: mani ju) or "maṇi-ratna" refers to
- Mani stoneBuddhist prayer stone
- ManidvipaMythological Hindu isle
- Manifestation of conscienceManifestation of conscience is a practice, in religious orders, of making one's superior,
- ManikaranHot springs town in Himachal Pradesh, India
- Manikeshwari TempleHindu temple in Odisha, India
- Manikkavacakar9th century Tamil Shaiva saint
- ManipuraThird Chakra of body
- Manipuri danceClassical dance of India
- Manipuri VaishnavismRegional variant of Vaishnavism sect of Hinduism in Manipur, India
- ManjushriBodhisattva in Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Manjushri InstituteManjushri Institute was a large Buddhist college situated at Conishead Priory in Cumbria,
- ManjushrikirtiManjushrikirti or Manjughoshikirti (Skt. Mañjuśrīkīrti; Chinese: 妙吉祥稱; pinyin: Miàojíxiáng
- Mañjuśrī-mūla-kalpaBuddhist text
- MañjuśrīnāmasamgītiBuddhist tantra
- ManmadManmad ( [mənmaːɖ]) is a town in Nashik district in Maharashtra, India. It is the third la
- Mannarasala TempleHindu temple in Kerala, India
- Mantra margaMantramarga, literally "the path of mantras," is one of the two main paths of initiatory S
- Manu (Hinduism)Hindu concept
- ManusmritiAncient Hindu text
- ManvantaraCyclic age of Manu in Hindu cosmology
- Mara (demon)Personifications of evil in Buddhism
- MaraṇasatiBuddhist meditation about death
- Marathi BrahminMarathi Brahmins (also known as Maharashtrian Brahmins) are communities native to the Indi
- MārdavaMārdava (Sanskrit: मार्दव) or Maddava (Pali) means mildness, softness, gentleness, kindnes
- Margazhi9th month of the Tamil calendar
- MariammanHindu goddess of weather
- Mariamman Temple, SamayapuramHindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India
- MarichiSage in Hindu mythology
- MarkandeyaSage in Hindu scriptures
- Markandeya PuranaAncient Sanskrit text
- Martin VerhoevenAmerican scholar and translator
- MartyrPerson who suffers persecution and death for their faith
- Maru-Gurjara architectureStyle of north Indian temple architecture
- Maruthamalai Marudhachalamurthy TempleHindu temple in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
- MarutsAncient Hindu storm deities
- Masatoshi UekiMasatoshi Ueki (植木 雅俊, Ueki Masatoshi, born 1951) is a Japanese scholar of Buddhist studie
- Masi (month)11th month of the Tamil calendar
- Masilamaniswara Temple, ThiruvaduthuraiShiva temple in Tamil Nadu, India
- Masrur Temples8th-century rock cut stone temple and ruins in Himachal Pradesh
- Master YuanMaster Yuan was an iconoclastic teacher who appears in the Long Scroll (also called the Bo
- Mata Mansa Devi MandirHindu temple in Haryana, India
- Mata Sarthal Devi MandirMata Sarthal Devi Mandir is a Hindu temple at Sarthal of Kishtwar district in India's Jamm
- MatangiHindu goddess
- MathaHindu monastery
- Mathura districtDistrict of Uttar Pradesh in India
- MatrikasGroup of Hindu mother goddesses
- MatsyaFish avatar of Vishnu
- Matsya (kingdom)Legendary country from the Vedic period
- Matsya (tribe)Ancient Hindu kingdom of India
- Matsya PuranaSanskrit Hindu scripture, one of eighteen major Puranas
- Matsyendranatha10th century Hindu and Buddhist saint and yogi
- Mattu PongalTamil festival
- Matua MahasanghaReligious movement in Indian subcontinent
- Maurine StuartCanadian Rinzai Zen master
- Mauritian CreoleFrench-based creole language spoken in Mauritius
- Maviddapuram Kandaswamy TempleHindu temple in Sri Lanka
- Maya (mother of the Buddha)Queen of Shakya and mother of the Buddha
- Maya (religion)Concept in Indian religions
- Maya Devi Temple, HaridwarHindu Temple in Uttarakhand
- Maya SitaIllusionary duplicate of the Hindu goddess Sita
- MayavatiMayavati worked as the cook of Shambara, and was the wife of Pradyumna, In the Vishnu Pura
- Mayiladuthurai districtDistrict of Tamil Nadu in India
- MayilattamSouth Indian dance
- Mayurbhanj districtDistrict of Odisha in India
- Medieval history of NepalIn the 11th century, a powerful empire of Khas people emerged in western Nepal whose terri
- MeditationTechniques to train attention and awareness
- Meidaizhao MonasteryTibetan Buddhist temple in Inner Mongolia, China
- Meitei intangible cultural heritageThe intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of Meitei civilization is recognised, honoured, pre
- MelongTibetan term
- Memoirs of Eminent MonksCompilation of biographies of monks
- Memory of the World ProgrammeUNESCO initiative to preserve heritage
- MenakaApsara in Hinduism
- MénakaMénaka (Berber: ⵎⵏⴾⴰ) is a town and urban commune in Ménaka Cercle and Ménaka Region in ea
- MendicantPerson who relies primarily on alms
- Mental factorsBuddhist aspects of the mind
- Meratus DayakThe Meratus or Meratus Dayak is an ethnic group that inhabits the Meratus Mountains of Sou
- Merit (Buddhism)Concept considered fundamental to Buddhist ethics
- Metal (wuxing)Fourth of five elements of the Wuxing
- Mewati languageIndo-Aryan language of India
- Meykandar13th-century Tamil Hindu philosopher
- MhalsaHindu goddess
- MhasobaIndian deity
- Miao folk religionKev Dab Kev Qhuas (Hmong folk spirituality or Miao folk spirituality) is the common ethnic
- Michael W. MeisterMichael W. Meister is an art historian, archaeologist and architectural historian at the U
- Microcosm–macrocosm analogyAnalogy between man and cosmos
- Middle WayBuddhist doctrine
- MilarepaTibetan yogi
- Milarepa's Cave, NyalamCave in Nyalam County, Tibet
- Milinda PanhaBuddhist text dated between 100 BCE and 200 CE
- MīmāṃsāOne of six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy
- Mindful YogaBuddhist-style mindfulness practice with yoga as exercise
- Mindfulness (journal)Mindfulness is a peer-reviewed academic journal on psychology published by Springer Scienc
- Mindfulness-based pain managementPain management strategy
- Mindrolling MonasteryTibetan Buddhist monastery in Zhanang County, Tibet, China
- Mindrolling TrichenTibetan Buddhist lama
- Ming–Tibet relationsRelations between Ming China and Tibet
- Miniature shrineA miniature shrine, also referred to in literature as a portable shrine, pocket shrine, or
- Miracles of Gautama BuddhaSupernatural feats and abilities attributed to Gautama Buddha by the Buddhist scriptures
- Miranda E. ShawMiranda E. Shaw is an American author and scholar of Vajrayana Buddhism. Her book, Passion
- MitaharaConcept in Indian philosophy
- Mithila (ancient city)Mithila was the capital city of the Kingdom of the Videhas. The location of Mithila is dis
- Mithuna (month)Mithuna is a month in the Indian solar calendar. It corresponds to the zodiacal sign of Ge
- MitraIndo-Iranian divinity
- Mitra (Hindu god)Vedic deity
- MitravindaSixth queen consort of Hindu god Krishna
- Miyin TempleBuddhist temple in Ningxiang, China
- Miyun YuanwuMiyun Yuanwu (Chinese: 密雲圓悟, pinyin: Mìyún Yuánwù; Japanese: 密雲円悟, Hepburn: Mitsuun Engo;
- Mo (religion)Religion of most Zhuang people
- ModakSouth and Southeast Asian sweet dumpling dish
- Mode deactivation therapyPsychotherapy approach
- MogoteA mogote () is a generally isolated, steep-sided residual hill in the tropics composed of
- Mogral RiverThe Mogral River (also known as the Madhuvahini River) is a west-flowing river in the Kasa
- Moha (Buddhism)Buddhist concept
- Mohe ZhiguanBuddhist major doctrinal treatise
- Moheyan8th century Buddhist monk
- MohiniHindu goddess of enchantment, the only female avatar of Vishnu
- Mohra Muradu2nd century ancient ruins of Buddhist stupa and monastery
- MojibakeGarbled text as a result of incorrect character encodings
- MokshaSpiritual liberation in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism
- Mokshada EkadashiHindu observance
- Mon languageAustroasiatic language
- Monastic educationBuddhist monastic education system
- Monastic examinationsYearly examinations for potential entrants into Buddhist monkhood and lay scholars
- Monastic schools in MyanmarThe Buddhist monastic school system in Myanmar is an old education system dated back to th
- MonasticismReligious way of life
- MongkutKing of Siam from 1851 to 1868
- Monlam Prayer FestivalTibetan Buddhist religious festival
- MoolavarCentral deity in a Hindu temple
- Morita therapyForm of psychotherapy
- Morvi StateMorvi State, also spelled as Morvee State or Morbi State, was a princely salute state in t
- Morya GosaviSpiritual progenitor of the Ganapatyas
- Mount JizuMount Jizu (simplified Chinese: 鸡足山; traditional Chinese: 雞足山; pinyin: Jīzú Shān; lit. 'Ch
- Mount MeruSacred mountain of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain cosmology
- Mount ŌmineMount Ōmine (大峰山, Ōmine-san), is a sacred mountain in Nara, Japan, famous for its three te
- Mount OsoreTemple in Aomori Prefecture, Japan
- Mountain worshipMountain worship (山岳信仰, sangaku shinkō) is a faith that regards mountains as sacred object
- Mouzi LihuolunClassic Chinese Buddhist work
- Mrityunjay Mahadev MandirHindu Temple in Uttar Pradesh, India
- Mu (negative)Term meaning 'not', 'without', or 'lack'
- MuchukundaCharacter in Hindu mythology
- Mudgala PuranaMinor Purana of Hinduism
- MuditaSympathetic or vicarious joy in Sanskrit and Pali
- MudraSymbolic gestures in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism
- Muktagachha Shiva templeBuilding in Muktagacha Upazila, Mymensingh
- MuktikāSanskrit-language anthology of 108 Upaniṣhads
- MuktinathHindu and Buddhist pilgrimage site in Mustang, Nepal
- MulabandhasanaMeditative posture in yoga
- Mūladvāra NikāyaBuddhist monastic order in Myanmar
- Mumba Devi TempleHindu Temple in Mumbai, India
- Mumbai City districtDistrict of Maharashtra in India
- MunaiyaduvarMunaiyaduvar, also known as Manai Aduvar Nayanar, Munaiyaduvar Nayanar, Munayaduvar, Munay
- Muni Ki RetiMuni Ki Reti is a town and a municipal council in Tehri Garhwal district in the Indian sta
- Munneswaram templeHindu temple in Sri Lanka
- Munshi GhatMunshi Ghat is one of the Ghats in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
- Murkha Nayanar32nd Nayanar saint
- Murthi NayanarMurthi Nayanar, also spelt as Murthy Nayanar, Moorthy Nayanar and Murti Nayanar and also k
- MurtiReligious image in Hinduism
- Murugan Temple, PazhamudircholaiMurugan Temple in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, India
- Musō SosekiJapanese Zen-Buddhist teacher and landscape architect
- MussoorieHill station in Uttarakhand, India
- Mustafa CerićMustafa ef. Cerić (Bosnian pronunciation: , born 5 February 1952) is a Bosnian imam who se
- Muthappan TempleHindu temple in Parassinikadavu, India
- Mỹ Sơn archaeological siteRuins of Hindu temples in Da Nang city, Vietnam
- Mysore DasaraState-festival of Karnataka, India
- Mystical psychosisType of abnormal mental condition
