(p. 852) mājana scouring or scrubbing; act of cleansing (as teeth) by rubbing, brushing etc; a cleansing substance. দাঁতের মাজন a dentifrice, a toothpowder, a toothpaste. 24)

(p. 852) māthurā of Mathura (মথুরা) in India. n. a cycle of songs ventilating the sorrow of the people of Brindaban caused by Krishna's (কৃষ্ণ) departure to Mathura; song of this cycle. 72)

(p. 864) māhiṣya a caste amongst Hindus; a member of this caste. 30)

(p. 839) mandākinī (myth.) the name of the Ganges as flowing in heaven. 27)

(p. 831) manasija Madana (মদন) the god of love. 72)

(p. 839) manbantara (myth.) the term of office of any one of the mythological Manus (মনু) covering a period of 3672 years; (pop.) a great and devastating famine (পঞ্চাশের মন্বন্তর). 37)

(p. 844) malidā a fine and soft woollen fabric; a shawl made of this fabric. 21)

(p. 874) muni a sage practising ascetical meditation (usu. in solitude), a hermit; a sage or an ascetic. মুনির আশ্রম a hermitage. ̃বাক্য n. saying or utterance of a sage. নানা মুনির নানা মত many men many minds, sages differ. 11)

(p. 865) mitabyaẏa, mitabyaẏitā frugality, thrift, economy. মিতব্যয়ী a. frugal, thrifty, economical. 19)

(p. 839) maẏadā flour. ̃কল n. a flourmill. ময়দা মাখা v. to knead flour. 44)

(p. 851) mahōtsaba a solemn of grand festival; a grand gala; a great communion of Vaishnavas singing kirtan (কীর্তন) songs and eating together. 5)

(p. 838) manōgrāhī pleasant; agreeable; attractive. 10)

(p. 844) malāi trampling; rubbing; scrubbing; massaging; threshing, thrashing. 18)

(p. 879) mēlā3 to open (চোখ মেলা); to spread out (রোদে কাপড় মেলা). 47)

(p. 874) muṣala a mallet, a club; a rammer; a pestle (esp. of a husking-tree which is operated in the seesaw manner or of a mortar). ̃ধারা n. torrential downpour. মুষলধারে বৃষ্টি পড়া to rain cats and dogs, to rain in torrents. 38)