MADAKKU : repetition of a word or a line in a musical composition, each time with a different meaning.
 

MADHYAMA KAALA : medium speed or moderate tempo.
 

MADHURA BHAKTHI : to regard themselves as nayakis and worship God as nayaka.
 

MANDALAM : a group or collection.
 

MANGALAM : a song of salutation, sacred that is sung at the end of a performance.
 

MANODHARMA SANGITA : creative music.
 

MARGA SANKITA : ancient music - said to exist in Heaven.
 

MELAKARTA : a parent scale from which many janya raagas are derived.
 

MISRA : mixed
 

MUKTAAYI : the final or the concluding part of a raaga aalaapana.
 

MURCHCHANA : one of the ten gamakas.
 

MUSIC THERAPY : the science of curing diseases through music.