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Mahābhārat: Great Hindu epic; Itihās-5th Veda; whose central characters are 5 Pāṇḍava princes with their wife Draupadī, their hundred Kaurava cousins; with Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa; ascribed by Bhagavān Veda Vyāsa. Mahābhārat is personification of Bhagāvad Gītā.

Muni: realized, awakened being

Mula vāsana: root thought pattern; the behaviorial kārmic imprints

Māyā: that which is not reality, but gives the illusion that it is real—'yā mā iti māya'; all life is māyā according to Advaita

Mādhava: another name for Lord Kṛṣṇa; means 'husband of Goddess of fortune.

Madhusūdana: another name for Kṛṣṇa, slayer of the demon madhu

Mahākaśa: the whole cosmos

Mahānirvaṇi Pīṭha: the most ancient apex official body of Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism). It traces its recorded roots to 8th century A.D revived by Ādī Śaṇkara.

Mahāvīra: Varthamana Mahāvira was the 24th and last tīrthaṅkara or enlightened one.

Mamakāra: inner image you carry about yourself.

Manana: contemplating or intranalyzing

Mano śakti: (or manosiddhi) the power of thinking.

Mantra: sacred sound or chants to worship and invoke the Divine

Mokṣa: liberation; same as nirvāṇa, samādhi.

Mula vichāra dhārā: (or mūla vāsana) Saṃskṛit word for 'root thought pattern'