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MACAULIFFE, MAX ARTHUR
Tags: macauliffe, singh, work, sikh, guru, sikhism, sahib, translation, granth, religion, sikhs, bhai
MACAULIFFE, MAX ARTHUR (1841-1913), English translator of the Sikh Scriptures and historian of Sikhism, was born on 10 September 1841 at Newcastle West, County Limerick, Ireland. He was educated at Newcastle School, Limerick, and at Springfield...
MACHHA (MATSYA)
Tags: incarnation, machh, fish, matsya, veda, guru, demon, wherefrom, saved, vishnu, regions, mouth
MACHHA (MATSYA)(fish incarnation) Machh (Matsya or flsh incarnation), and Kachh (Kurama or tortoise incarnation)incarnated under the Will of the Lord. (Maru M. 5, p. 1082) A tora (Machh).....was redeemed in the company of the saint (Guru). (Malar M....
MACHHINDARNATHA
Tags: guru, true, yogis, nanak, [not, gorakhnath, varanasi, nath, but], fish, machhindarnatha, rejoices
MACHHINDARNATHA (Matsyendranatha), also known as Minanatha, i.e. Fish-Lord, Minapa, Luipa (in Tibet), and Avilokitesvara (in Nepal), who flourished in the 10th century AD, was one of the eighty-four siddhas or Perfect ones of Tantric Buddhism....
MACHHIVARA
Tags: singh, guru, gobind, khan, bhai, house, gurdwara, sahib, floor, square, gulaba, ghani
MACHHIVARA (30°-55'N, 76°-12'E), now a small town in Ludhiana district, figures prominently in the last phase of Guru Gobind Singh's life. As the Guru arrived here after leaving Chamkaur on the night of 7 December 1705, he stopped first in a...
MACKESON, FREDERICK
Tags: mackeson, sikh, agent, sikhs, peshawar, anglo, 1853, political, 1807, william, ludhiana, lahore
MACKESON, FREDERICK (1807-1853), son of William and Harriet Mackeson, was born on 28 September 1807, and educated at the King's School, Canterbury, and in France. In 1825, he joined the Bengal Native Infantry. In 1831, and for several years...
MACNAGHTEN, SIR WILLIAM HAY
Tags: sikh, macnaghten, william, peshawar, india, singh, ranjit, british, sikhs, maharaja, influence, afghanistan
MACNAGHTEN, SIR WILLIAM HAY (1793-1841), born in August 1793, was the son of Sir Francis Macnaghten. He was educated at Charter house and joined the service of the East India Company in 1809. He studied Hindustani, Persian and other Asiatic...
MADAN NATH
Tags: singh, gobind, guru, bhai, suraj, varanasi, granth, santokh, kanphata, yogis, nath, gorakhnath
MADAN NATH, head of a band of Kanphata yogis, called on Guru Gobind Singh as he was visiting Thanesar in 1702. As says Bhai Santokh Singh, Sri Gur Pratap Suraj Granth, the yogi was surprised to see Guru Gobind Singh in a warrior's dress and gave...
MADAN SINGH, BHAI
Tags: singh, guru, madan, bhai, gobind, gate, anandpur, patiala, 1705, martyrs, chamkaur, kotha
MADAN SINGH, BHAI (d. 1705), one of the martyrs of Chamkaur (7 December 1705), was, according to local tradition popular in and around Bhagrana in Fatehgarh Sahib district of the Punjab, the son of Bhai Diala, a weaver of that village. Bhai Diala...
MADDAR
Tags: manji, guru, gurdwara, mall, village, pair, chaina, khan, sachchi, visit, maddar, pakistan
MADDAR, village five kilometre north of Balloke head works in Pakistan, was known to Sikhs in prepartition Punjab for its Gurdwara Sachchi Manji and some relics of the Gurus it claimed to preserve. One of these was a cot (manji, in Punjabi, after...
MADDOKE
Tags: guru, singh, gurdwara, hargobind, platform, amritsar, moga, square, year, giani, 1926, tank
MADDOKE, village 16 km southeast of Moga (30°-48'N, 75°-10'E), in Moga district, has a historical shrine, Gurdwara Guru Sar, dedicated to Guru Hargobind who, according to local tradition, visited this place twice, once on his way back from...

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