(p. 839) manhara slow; slack; sluggish, slothful; inert; slow-moving. মন্হর হওয়া v. to become slow; to slacken. ̃গতি a. slowmoving. n. slow motion. ̃তা n. slowness; slackness; sluggishness, sloth; inertia; slow movement or motion. মন্হরা n. a female character of the Ramayana; an instigating or intriguing woman. 22)

(p. 831) manapabana (dial.) secret inclinations and intentions, one's mind. মনপবনের দাঁড় (in folk-tales) an oar by means of which a boat can be driven at any speed and in any directions as one desires. 64)

(p. 874) mudralikha a typewriter. মুদ্রলেখক n. a typist. 4)

(p. 852) mānānasi same as মানান (a.). 120)

(p. 874) munaśi a clerk, a scrivener, a scribe; a secretary; an Urdu teacher; a munshi. ̃য়ানা n. erudition; skill in drafting or composition; calligraphy; skill; virtuosity. খানমুনশি n. a private secretary. 7)

(p. 847) mahuẏā a kind of butter-tree or its seed or flower, the mahua. মহুয়ার মউ, মহুয়ার মধু the honey of mahua flower; a fat obtained from mahua seeds, mahua butter.

(p. 865) miunisipyāla municipal. মিউনিসিপ্যালিটি n. a municipality. 2)

(p. 878) mṛttikā earth; clay, mud; soil; the ground; the earth; the world. বাহিত মৃত্তিকা (geog.) transported soil. ̃গঠিত ̃নির্মিত same as মৃন্ময় । ̃গর্ভ n. the bowels or inside of the earth; an underground place, the underground. ̃পাত্র, ̃ভাণ্ড same as মৃত্পাত্র (see মৃত্). ̃ভোজন n. geophagy. ̃ভোজী a. geophagous. 5)

(p. 882) mōkṣa (theol.) release from the world or from the influence of nature, eternal emancipation, final beatitude, nirvana, salvation of the soul; rescue; death; release (গ্রহণমোক্ষ). ̃ণ n. freeing or rescuing or releasing or discharging, emancipation from bondage, redemption, bleeding or letting or shedding or removing or wiping. মোক্ষণ করা v. to free, to rescue, to release; to discharge; to bleed, to let blood; to shed; to remove; to wipe. ̃দ a. giving final beatitude or salvation of the soul, redeeming the soul. fem. ̃দা, ̃দাতা a. same as মোক্ষদ । n. a giver of eternal emancipation, a redeemer of the soul. fem. ̃দাত্রী । ̃দায়ক same as মোক্ষদ । fem. ̃দায়িকা, ̃দায়িনী । ̃ধাম n. the abode of the blessed dead, heaven, (cp.) Elysium. মোক্ষলাভ করা v. to attain eternal salvation or bliss. 5)

(p. 886) mriẏamāṇa (ori.) dying, moribund; (pop.) glum, melancholy, deeply distressed, sorrowful. fem. ম্রিয়মাণা । 14)

(p. 878) mṛt earth, clay. ̃কাণ্ডজ n. (bot.) a radical leaf. মৃত্ক্ষয় রোধ n. prevention of soil erosion. ̃পাত্র n. an earthen pot or vessel, an earthenware. ̃পিণ্ড n. a lump of clay or earth, a clod of earth. ̃শিল্প n. the potter's art, pottery; clay-modelling. ̃সংরক্ষণ n. soil-conservation. 4)

(p. 852) māṅgalika, māṅgalya scripturally auspicious things such as mango-twigs, sandal etc.. well-being, weal, welfare. a. suspicious, propitious. মাঙ্গলিক দ্রব্য same as মাঙ্গলিক (n). 17)

(p. 839) maẏalā excrement, faeces, stool, dung; refuse; filth, soil, dirt; gloom, melancholy; angularity, crookedness (মনের ময়লা). a. filthy; dirty, soiled; (of complexion) dark; not bright or clear, clouded, overcast (ময়লা আকাশ); glum, melancholy (ময়লা মুখ); crooked (ময়লা মন). ময়লা করা v. to soil. ময়লার গাড়ি a scavenger's cart or van or train, a night-soil cart. ̃টে a. slightly soiled; appearing to be soiled; (of complexion) darkish; slightly clouded or overcast; slightly glum. 49)

(p. 839) maraṇa death; decease; demise. মরণ আর কী it's death indeed; an expression of shame or mild rebuke; (cp.) hell. ̃কামড় n. the last and severest bite of a creature struggling against death; a dying person's last and most desperate attempt. ̃কাল n. the time of death, dying moments. মরণকালে হরিনাম (fig.) fruitless repentance for one's wickedness when one is dying, (cp.) death-bed repentance; (fig.) futile effort at the eleventh hour when almost all is lost. ̃দশা n. the last stage; the last gasp; utter ruin. int. same as মরণ আর কী । মরণদশায় ধরা v. to be in the state of ruining oneself; seized with a passion that would ruin oneself. মরণবাড় বাড়া v. to become excessively vainglorious or haughty only to bring about one's fall. ̃শীল a. mortal. ̃শীলতা n. mortality. ̃হীন a. deathless, immortal. মরনাপন্ন a. in the clutches of death, dying; moribund. fem. মরণাপন্না । মরণাপন্নতা n. the dying condition; the last gasp; the last stage. মরণাশৌচ n. personal impurity caused by the death of a relative. মরণোন্মুখ a. about to die, at death's door, dying, moribund. 58)

(p. 852) mājha the middle, the centre; the inside or interior; the midst or company (পুরুষের মাঝে); the bottom of one's heart (আমার মাঝে) a. middle, half (মাঝপথ). মাঝ থেকে from the middle or centre or inside or interior or midst; from the bottom of one's heart; being innocently or unnecessarily involved (তোমরা করলে চুরি আর মাঝ থেকে সে খেল মার). ̃খান same as মাঝ (n.) ̃খানে same as মাঝে । ̃দরিয়া n. mid-stream; mid-ocean, mid-sea. ̃নদী n. mid-river, mid-stream. ̃নদীতে adv. half way into the river. মাঝে adv. meanwhile, in the meantime. মাঝেমধ্যে, মাঝেমাঝে adv. off and on, from time to time, at times. 28)