MAH 
non. il Mahal Kal, as represented in the caverns of Ele* 
phanta, had eight arms. In one he holds a human figure, 
in another a fword, or facrificial axe ; in a third he holds 
a bafin of blood, and with a fourth he rings over it the 
facrificial bell. Two other arms are broken off; with the 
two remaining he is drawing behind him a veil, which 
extinguifhes the fun, and involves the whole univerfe in 
one undiltinguifhed ruin. One of the titles of this tre¬ 
mendous deity is Bhairava, the Terrific ; but his princi¬ 
pal defignation is Kal-Agni-Rudra.” Thefe three words, 
we are told is the Hindoo Pantheon, are efpecially de- 
fcriptive of Siva, and may be rendered Time, Fire, Fate. 
MA'HA KA'LI, or Cali, a name of Parvati, the con- 
fort of Siva, in his character of Maha Kal. See the article 
Kindoostan, vol. x. p.133. 
MA'HA PAT'UK, f A word ufed among the Hindoos 
for the murderer of a bramin ; connexion with the wife 
of a bramin ; whoever Heals eight affi-rufers from a bra¬ 
min ; one who commits adultery with any of his father’s 
•wives, except his own mother; a bramin who drinks 
wine; or he who has been intimate with either of the 
above-mentioned for one year. 
MA'HA PRALA'YA, in metaphyfics, is confidered 
amono- Hindoo philofophers as the grand confummation 
of all‘things; the Great DeftruCtion, as the word appears 
to mean. 
MA'HA RA'JA, a chief or great rajah. 
MA'HA RAN'NY, a great princefs. 
MA'HA RI'SHI, or Mahar'shi,/. An appellation ap¬ 
plied in Hindoo books to departed fages or laints. The 
terms Devarfhi, Rajarffii, and Maharfiii, feem nearly fyno- 
liimous with Rifhi, meaning faint, deified faint, great faint, 
or great fage. There are differences doubtlefs; for Nareda 
is reckoned the chief of the Devarlhis. The term Maharftii 
occurring in the fixth feCtion of the firft book of the Ra- 
mayan, the learned tranflators fubjoin the following note : 
« There are four kinds of fages, or Riffiis : the Rajarflii, or 
royal fage ; the Maharfhi, or great firge ; the Brahinarihi, or 
facred fage ; and the Devarfhi, or divine fage: of thefe the 
firft is efteemed the loweft, and the laft the higheft.” Hin. 
doo Pantheon, p. 95. 
MA'HA RU'DRA, in Hindoo mythology, a name of 
Siva. It means the great Rudra. 
MAHABULPOU'R, a town of Bengal: thirty-three 
miles fouth of Dacca. ✓ 
MAHAC'AI, [Hebrew.] A man’s name. 
MAHACKAMACK', a river of North America, in 
New Jerfey, which runs into the Delaware at the north- 
weft corner of the State. 
MAHACONDAPAL'LY, a town of Hindooftan, in. 
Myfore: fifteen miles louth of Ouffoor. 
MAHADE'O, a temple of Thibet, fituated on the lake 
Manfaroar. 
MAHADI'E. See the article Egypt, vol. vi. p. 363. 
MA'HAL, f. [Indian, literally a place.] Any land, or 
public fund, producing a revenue to the government of 
Hindooftan. Mahalaat is the plural of mahal. 
MA'HAL SERA'I,y. The women’s apartment; .the 
zenana. 
MAHA'LA, [Hebrew.] A man’s name. 
MAHAL'ALEEL, or Mal'aleel, [Heb. one that 
praifes God.] A fon of Canaan, of the race of Seth. 
Gen. v. 15, 16, &c. He begat Jared at the age of fixty- 
five years; and lived afterwards 800 years, in all 865 years. 
The Orientals affirm, that this patriarch was the firft who 
dug mines in the earth, in fearch of metals ; that he firft 
built houfes, and founded the cities Shufter and Babel. 
Some confound him with the giant Dondaffi, who entered 
into the fervice of Seth, whom they acknowledge as the 
prophet and univerfal monarch before the flood : they fay 
that the giant Dondaffi ufed no weapons, offenfive or de- 
fenfive, but fought by the ftrength of his arms ouly. Ha- 
helot. Bibl. Orient, p. 532. 
MAHA'LEB, /. in botany. See Prunus, 
M A H 135 
MAHALOU'LE CASSI'R, a town of Africa, in the 
kingdom of* Tunis, nine miles eaft of Zunghar. 
MA'HAM. See Nabel. 
MA'HAMAIL, a town Algiers: twenty-feven miles 
weft-fouth-weft of Tipfa. 
MAHAM'MA, a town of Arabia, in the province of 
Yemen : twenty-four miles fouth-eaft of Chamir. 
MAHAMUN'DALA, a town of Hindooftan, in the 
Carnatic : ten miles fouth of Chittoor. 
MA'HAN, a town of Perfia, in the province of Ker¬ 
man : fixty miles north-eaft of Sirgian. 
MAHANA'DA, a river of Hindooftan, which rifes in 
the country of Berar, about twenty-eight miles fouth-weft 
from Dumdah, erodes the country of Oriffa, and runs into 
the bay of Bengal, by feveral mouths, forty miles eaft- 
fouth-eaft of Cattack. 
MAHANAi'DA, a river of Hindooftan, which rifes on 
the borders of Bootan, and runs into the Ganges twenty 
miles north of Moorffiedabad. 
MAHANAGO'RE, a town of Bengal: twenty miles 
north of Iffamabad. 
MA'HANAIM, or Ma'naim, [Heb. two armies.] A 
city of Paleftine, belonging to the Levites of the family 
of Merari, in the tribe of Gad, on the brook jabok. 
J0JJ1. xxi. 38. xiii. 29, 30. 1 C/iron. vi. 80. Jacob gave it 
this name, becaufe here he had a vifion of angels. Gen. 
xxxii. 2. Mahanaiin was the feat of the kingdom of 
Ifti-boftieth, after the death of Saul. Sam. ii. 9, 12. To 
this place David retired, during the ufurpation of Abfa- 
lom, who was fubdued and (lain not far from hence. 
2 Sam. xvii. xviii. &c. In the Vulgate it is fometimes 
called (imply Caftra, or the camp. Gen. xxxii. 2. zSam.iL 
8, 12, 29. xvii. 24. xix. 32. 
MAHANA'SAN, a city of Perfia, in the province of 
Mazanderan, compofed of three towns joined together. 
In 1392, it was taken, pillaged, and deftroyed, by Timur 
Bee : twelve miles north-eaft of Atnol. 
MAHANDPOU'R, a town of Hindooftan, in the circar 
of Chanderee: thirty-eight miles weft of Chanderee. 
MAHANE'DAN, [Hebrew.] A feripture name. 
MAHANGA'NO, a province of Africa, in the king¬ 
dom of Angola, with a capital of the fame name. 
MAHA'NING, a town of Pennfylvania, on the Alle¬ 
gany : forty miles north-north-eaft of Pittffiurg. 
MAHA'NY, a river of Hindooftan, in Bahar, which 
runs into the Ganges about twenty-five miles below Bar. 
MAHA'RESS, an ancient fortrefs of Tunis, once called. 
Macodama, near the eaft coalt: twenty miles fouth-welt 
of Sfax. 
MA'HATIi, [Hebrew.] A man’s name. 
MAHAU'T BA'Y, a bay on the weft coaft of the ifland 
of St. Vincent, fouth of Cumberland Bay. 
MAHAWA' GAU'T, a mountain of Bahar: twenty- 
four miles weft of Saferam. 
MA'HAZ, [Hebrew.] A man’s name. 
MAHA'ZIOTH, [Hebrew.] A man’s name. 
MAH'BROOK, a town of Africa, in the country of- 
Sahara : 160 miles weft-north-weft of Tombuftou. Lat. 
19. 10. N. Ion. o. 55. E. 
■ MAHE', a town and fortrefs of Hindooftan, on the 
coalt of Malabar: fix miles fouth-eaft of Tellicherry, and 
thirty-two north-weft of Calicut. Lat. 11.43.N.. Ion. 75. 
27. E. 
MAKE', a fmall ifland in the Indian Sea. Lat. 4. 43. S. 
l on. 55. 30. E. 
MAHER'BAL, a Carthaginian who was at the fiege of 
Saguntum, and who commanded the cavalry of Hannibal 
at the battle of Cannae. He advifed the conqueror imme¬ 
diately to march to Rome, but Hannibal required time to 
confider on fo bold a meafure ; upon which Maherbal ob- 
ferved, that Hannibal knew how to conquer, but not how 
to make a proper ule of victory. See Cann/£, vol. iii. 
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MAHER'NIA,/. [of uncertain derivation, unlefs, aa 
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