ALL ABOUT YOGA FROM 'M'
Mada (मद) - pride
Madhu (मधु) - sweet / pleasant / agreeable / delightful
Madhu bhumikaa (मधु भूमिका) - yogin of second order
Madhva (मध्व) - the expounder of Dvaita philosophy, around 13th century
Madhyama (मध्यम) - moderate
Madhyama naada (मध्यम नाद) - subtle sound vibrations
Madhyama naadi (मध्यम नाड़ी) - central psychic channel / sushumna
Madhyama nauli (मध्यम नौलि) - shatkarma involving the contraction and isolation of the rectus abdomini muscles in the middle of the abdomen
Mahaa (महा) - great
Mahaa bandha (महा बंध) - the great lock ( chin lock + abdominal lock + root lock with retention)
Maha mudraa (महा मुद्रा) - the great gesture, practiced in Hatha Yoga and Kriya Yoga, includes practicing the moola bandha, shyambhavi and khechari mudras simultaneously
Mahaa naadi (महा नाड़ी) - the great nadi / Sushumna
Mahaa nirvana tantra (महा निर्वाण तंत्र) - one of the 64 tantras, on the practice of Kaula maarg tantra for householders
Mahaa siddha (महा सिद्ध) - great perfectionist / one who has achieved great paranormal and psychic powers
Mahaa vedha mudraa (महा वेध मुद्रा) - great piercing attitude / beating the buttocks in siddhasana and shambhavi mudra, a great practice of Hatha Yoga
Mahaa yuga (महा युग) - a combination of the four yogas or ages
Mahaabhaasya (महाभास्य) - a treatise on grammar
Mahaloka (महालोक) - one of the aerial regions
Mahat (महत) - great / mighty / cosmic intelligence / universal consciousness
Mahaatmaa (महात्मा) - great soul
Mahaavideha (महाविदेह) - great discarnation
Mahaavidyaa (महाविद्या) - exalted knowledge
Mahaavratam (महाव्रतम) - mighty vow
Mahimaa (महिमा) - glory / one of the eight supernatural powers / being able to increase in size at will
Maitri (मैत्री) - friendliness
Maithuna (मैथून) - intercoarse between a man and a woman in order to awaken the kundalini shakti, the fifth element of the pancha makar of kaulachara tantra
Majjaa (मज्जा) - marrow / one of the seven constituents of the body
Makar (मकर) - crocodile / tantrik practice of vama maarg tantra
Makarasana (मकरासन) - crocodile pose
Mala (मल) - impurities
Maamsa (माम्स) - flesh / one of the seven constituents of the body
Manas (मनस) - mind
Manasaa (मनसा) - thought
Manas chakra (मनस चक्र) - seat of the mind
Mandana mishra (मंडन मिश्र) - a follower of Purva Mimamsa, known as Karma kaanda
Maandavya (माण्डव्य) - sage who had supernatural powers
Mani (मणि) - jewel / gem / a flawless crystal
Manipuraka / Manipura Chakra (मणिपूरक/ मणिपुर चक्र) - energy centre at the navel region
Manojavitvam (मनोजवित्वं) - speed or quickness of mind
Manogyaana / manojnana (मनोज्ञान) - knowledge of the mind
Manolaya (मनोलय) - alert passive state of mind
Manomaya kosha (मनोमय कोष) - mental sheath
Manoprajna (मनोप्रज्ञा) - awareness of mind
Manovritti (मनोवृत्ति) - thought waves
Mantra (मन्त्र) - incantation / subtle sound vibration / practice of tantra for liberating energy and expanding consciousness from the limitations of mundane awareness
Manushya (मनुष्य) - human
Maarga (मार्ग) - path
Maatra (मात्र) - alone / only
Maaruta (मारुत) - wind / prana vayu
Maatsarya (मात्सर्य) - malice
Matsya (मत्स्य) - fish
Matsyendranaatha (मत्स्येन्द्रनाथ) - Father of Hatha Yoga
Maayaa (माया) - the illusory nature of the phenomenal world / veiling power of manifest shakti
Mayur (मयूर) - peacock
Mayurasana (मयूरासन) - peacock pose / advanced balancing posture of Hatha Yoga
Meda (मेद) - fat / one of the seven constituents of the body
Meru (मेरु) - name of a mountain / a famous mythological mountain comparable to Mount Olympus in Greece, also known as Sumeru - the Abode of the Gods
Merudanda (मेरुदंड) - human spinal colomn
Mithyaa jnana (मिथ्या ज्ञान) - false knowledge
Moha (मोह) - infatuation / delusion / frenzy
Mridu (मृदु) - mild / feeble
Muda (मूड़) - stupid / dull / ignorant
Muditaa (मुदिता) - joy
Mudraa (मुद्रा) - gesture / seal / practice in Hatha yoga
Mukta (मुक्त) - liberated
Mukti (मुक्ति) - liberation
Mula (मूल) - root
Mula Bandha (मूल बंध) - root lock
Mulaadhaara chakra (मूलाधार चक्र ) - lowest energy centre / at the root of the spine
Mula prakriti (मूल प्रकृति) - root of nature
Mula shodhana (मूल शोधन) - anal cleansing / practice of dhauti shatkarma
Mundakopanishad (मुण्डकोपनिषद) - one of the ten major Upanishad
Muni (मुनि) - an ascetic / the silent one
Murchha pranayama (मुर्छ प्राणायाम) - fainting or swooning breath, where the breath is inhaled slowly and retained for an extended period.
Murdha (मूर्ध) - head / top
Murdhajyoti (मूर्धज्योति) - energy centre at the seat of Ajna Chakra
Murdhani (मूर्धनि) - centre of the head