The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1491 page)

 
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Mark, St
.

One of the four
Evangelists
. He is traditionally identified with the cousin of
Barnabas
who accompanied him and
Paul
(Colossians 4. 10; Acts 12–15). According to
Papias
he was the ‘interpreter’ of
Peter
in Rome (cf. 1 Peter 5. 13). By the 4th cent. he was credited with founding the church of Alexandria. His relics were removed from there to Venice in the 9th cent. Feast day, 25 Apr.
The Gospel according to Mark is the second book in the New Testament.

 
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Markan Apocalypse
:

see
APOCALYPSE
.

 
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M
rka
eya-Pur
a
.

A Hindu mythological text in Skt., belonging to the genre of the
pur
as
. It is included in all lists of the eighteen mah
-pur
as (major pur
as) and can be regarded as an old representative of that tradition. The bulk of the work deals with ancient Indian cosmography and cosmology, with the structure of the world, and the history of its ancient kings (the descendants of
Manu
) during past and future
manvantaras
(see
Manu
). This core may well belong to the 3rd cent. CE.