| Term | Meaning |
| Maha-nidra | super-conscious state |
| Mahavakya | 4 Great utterances - Prajnanam brahma; Aham brahma asmi; Tat twam asi; Ayam atma brahma. There are four Mahavakyas (great utterances): "Prajnanam brahma" (consciousness is the Absolute); "aham brahma asmi" (I am the Absolute); "tat twam asi" (that thou art); "ayam atma brahma" (the Self is the Absolute) |
| Mamata, Mamatwa | Mineness towards things and people that one owns, mineness of body. Mamata generates feeling of ownership towards body and things around |
| Manana | constant thinking |
| Manasic | Mental |
| Manonasha, Manonasa | Demolition of the mind |
| Mantra | sacred name of Lord or mystic divine words formula |
| Math | temple |
| Maya | grand illusion of mind |
| Maya-Prapancha | Illusory universe |
| Mithya | a play of the mind |
| Mithya-Achara | False living. This is opposite of true living (Satya-Achara) |
| Mithya-drishti | Seeing falsehood in all objects |
| Moha | delusion or extreme greed |
| Moksha | liberation from the cycle of birth and death - loss of one's personality in the divine. |
| Moksha vasana | Desire for liberation |
| Mudhavastha | veil of ignorance or stupefied state of mind |
| Mudra | gesture or position usually of the hands |
| Mukta | One who is liberated |
| Mukti | liberation from the cycle of birth and death |
| Mumukshu | One who is longing for liberation from birth and death |
| Mumukshutwa | Longing for liberation from birth and death |