(p. 864) māsapaẏalā the first day of a month; calends. 17)

(p. 867) mihi fine; fine-spun (মিহি কাপড়); contralto (মিহি সুর); effeminate and soft tralto (মিহি গলা); very small (মিহিদানা); finely pulverized (মিহিগুঁড়ো); delicate, subtle (মিহি কারুকাজ). 28)

(p. 879) maitra same as মৈত্রেয় । n.same as মৈত্রী । মৈত্রী, মৈত্র্য n. alliance; friendship; amity; an alliance or treaty; cooperation. মৈত্রেয় a. relating to allies or friends. 61)

(p. 847) mastāna a rowdy acting officiously as the leader of a locality. মস্তানি1 n. rowdyism. মস্তানি2 n. fem. a turbulent female of questionable morals; a rowdy harlot. 2)

(p. 872) mukhāmṛta spittle, saliva; (fig.) a nectarine wise saying of a saintly person or great man. 8)

(p. 838) manōbikāra aberration of the mind; mental distraction; mental neurosis; mental perversion. 19)

(p. 852) māna1 a unit or instrument of measure or weight, a measure; measuring or weighing; a unit of Indian musical measure; (math.) value; (alg.) degree; a standard. ̃নির্ধারণ n. standardization. 92)

(p. 847) mahadāśaẏa high-minded, noble-natured, magnanimous, generous. 9)

(p. 879) mēhanata physical or manual labour, toil; (fig.) laborious effort or endeavour. মেহনত করা v. to labour, to toil; (fig.) to work or endeavour laboriously. মেহনতি a. engaged in manual labouring, toiling. 58)

(p. 876) mūla a root; an esculent root, a bulbous plant, a bulb; beginning; origin; a cause or source of origin; (of money) capital or principal (সুদেমূলে); foundation, base, basis (অমূলক); the basal or embedded part of anything, the foot (বৃক্ষমূল); (math.) a factor of a quantity, root. a. first, original; fundamental; basic; primary; principal; chief, main; real; (of invested money etc.) capital or principal. অবরোহ মূল (bot.) a hanging root. অস্হানিক মূল (bot.) an adventitious root. প্রধান মূল, মুখ্য মূল (bot.) a tap root. মূল উপাদান an essential element. মূল একক a fundamental unit. -মূলক sfx. caused by, originating from (ভ্রান্তিমূলক বিশ্বাস); (inc.) causing or exhibiting (দুঃখমূলক ব্যাপার). ̃কর্ম n. the original or principal work. ̃কারণ n. the first or primary or original cause; the rootcause; the real cause. ̃কেন্দ্র n. the principal centre; headquarters; (comm.) the head office; (geom.) the radical centre. ̃গত a. basic, fundamental; radical. মূল গায়েন the leading singer of a chorus. ̃গ্রন্হ n. the original text or manuscript, (cp.) the source-book. ̃চ্ছেদ, ̃চ্ছেদন same as মূলোচ্ছেদ । ̃জ a. originating from the root, radical. মূলজ প্রেষ n. (bot.) the root-pressure. ̃জীবী n. (bot.) a root-parasite. ̃ত same as মূলে । ̃তত্ত্ব n. the first or primary principle; the basic or fundamental truth. ̃ত্র n. (bot.) a root-cap. ̃দ a. (alg.) rational. n. (alg.) a rational quantity, a rational. ̃ধন n. capital or principal (invested). ̃ধর্ম n. the fundamental properties. ̃নীতি n. the fundamental or basic or primary principle. ̃প্রকৃতি n. the original or elemental nature; (theol.) same as আদ্যাশক্তি । ̃ভিত্তি n. the foundation, the groundwork; inauguration; the primary or principal ground or basis. ̃মন্ত্র n. an esoteric word or words uttered inwardly at prayer; the guiding principle; firm resolve (জীবনের মূলমন্ত্র). ̃রশ্মি n. (phys.) a direct ray. ̃রোম n. (bot.) a root-hair. ̃শিকড় (chiefly bot.) the main root. ̃সূত্র n. the fundamental rule or principle. মূলে adv. at the root or base; in the beginning, originally; primarily; basically, fundamentally; at all. মূলে ভুল করা to get hold of the wrong end of the stick. 14)

(p. 829) maṅgōla, maṅgōlīẏa a Mongol. a. Mongol, Mongolian, Mongoloid. মঙ্গোলয়েড n. a Mongoloid. a. Mongoloid. 3)

(p. 831) madō of or pertaining to wine (মদো গন্ধ); addicted to wine (মদো মাতাল). ̃মাতাল লোক a boozer, a drunkard. 40)

(p. 852) māra3 beating or striking or thrashing or flogging. মার খাওয়া v. to be beaten up or flogged. মার দেওয়া a. to beat, to flog. ̃কাট n. fighting and bloodshed; tumultuous brawl or affray; feverish haste and fuss; higgling. adv. & a. at best. ˜কুটে a. given to beating on slightest pretext. ̃খেকো a. one who is often flogged. ̃ধর n. beating or flogging; beating and arresting (as by the police). ̃পিট n. mutual fighting; fray; an affray, a riot; beating or flogging (esp. excessive). ̃মার কাটকাট n. same as কাট । a. tumultuous, noisily violent, turbulent. ̃মুখো a. about to strike or hurt; aggressive; frightening, threatening, menacing. fem. ̃মুখী । ̃মূর্তি a. about to strike or hurt; having an aggressive or menacing appearance. n. aggressive or menacing appearance. 151)

(p. 867) mīna fish; (astrol.) the Fishes, the Pisces (usu. মীনরাশি); (myth.) the first of the ten incarnations of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃কেতন, ̃ধ্বজ n. one whose standard bears the sign of a fish; Madan (মদন) the Hindu love-god. ̃পোষ n. pisciculture. মীনাক্ষ a. having piscine eyes. মীনাক্ষী a. fem. of মীনাক্ষ a female deity of Deccan. 31)

(p. 864) māśula duty, tax, customs; fare, freight; charge, price. 11)