(p. 831) madhyā, madhyāṅguli the middle finger. 50)

(p. 874) murāri Krishna (কৃষ্ণ), who killed Mura মুর the demon. 26)

(p. 885) mauna abstention from speech; reticence. a. (inc. but pop.) same as মৌনী । মৌন ত্যাগ করা, মৌন ভঙ্গ করা v. to break silence (esp. after the completion of a vow of abstaining from speech). ̃ব্রত n. a vow of abstaining from speech. ̃ব্রতী a. abstaining from speech under a vow. ̃ভাব n. reticence, silence. মৌনভাব ধারণ করা v. to keep silent. ̃সম্মতি n. silent assent; tacit assent or consent; consent implied by silence. ̃স্বভাব a. habitually reserved in speech, typically parsimonious in speaking, taciturn. মৌনাবলম্বন করা v. to undertake a vow of abstaining from speech; to keep silent. মৌনী a. abstaining from speech under a vow; silent, reticent; speechless or dumbfounded (বিস্ময়ে মৌনী); mute (মৌনী প্রকৃতি). 9)

(p. 831) madālasa feeling lethargic at the termination of a drunken bout; made indolent by incitation of sexual or amorous desire. fem. মদালসা । 37)

(p. 882) mōjā stockings; socks; hose. গরম মোজা woollen socks. ফুল মোজা n. socks that come up to the knee. হাত-মোজা n. gloves. হাফ-মোজা n. socks that come only up to the calf. মোজা-পরা a. stockinged, hosed. মোজা-বিক্রেতা n. a hosier. 12)

(p. 882) mōraga (as masc.) the cock; (as neut.) a fowl, a chicken. মোরগের ঝুটি n. a cock's comb, a cockscomb. মোরগের ডাক crow, cock- a-doodle. ̃ফুল n. the cock'scomb, the yellow-rattle, Celosia cristata. 33)

(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. 844) mala2 filth; soil; liquid filth or soil; any morbid secretion from the body; faeces, excrement, stool, (of inferior creatures) dung; a stain, a sullying mark, tarnish; a stigma; gloom, melancholy, angularity, crookedness (চিত্তমল); rust; verdigris; a sin, a vice. মলত্যাগ করা v. (of human beings) to ease oneself, to evacuate the bowel, to defecate, to pass stool, to stool; (of inferior creatures) to void excrement, to dung. ̃দূষিত a. fouled, filthy, foul. ̃দ্বার n. the anus. মলনালী n. the rectum. ̃বাহী a. carrying filth and soil (মলবাহী নালা); carrying stool or excrement (মলবাহী অন্ত্র). ̃ভান্ড n. the large intestine, the colon. ̃ময় a. full of dirt and filth. ̃যুক্ত a. soiled, dirty. ̃শোধনাশয় n. a septic tank. মলাধার n. the colon, the large intestine; the container for faeces or excrement. মলাশয় n. the colon; the large intestine. 11)

(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. 839) manōmugdhakara, manōmahōna captivating, fascinating, charming; very beautiful. fem. মনোমোহিনী । 4)

(p. 852) mānā1 prohibition, forbidding. মানা করা v. to prohibit, to forbid. 117)

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

(p. 847) mahilā a lady, a gentlewoman; a woman. মহিলা সংঘ n. a women's club or association. মহিলা সমাজ n. womenfolk, women's society. 30)

(p. 874) mudrā a coin; a rupee; money, wealth; a seal, a signet, a stamp; any one of the peculiar signs made with fingers during prayer; any pose or gesture of dancing; a (ludicrous) mannerism (মুদ্রাদোষ). ̃কর n. a printer. মুদ্রাকর-প্রমাদ n. a printing mistake. ̃কার a. nummular. ̃ক্ষর n. a printing type. ̃ঙ্কন n. stamping or impressing or sealing. ̃ঙ্কিত a. stamped, impressed, sealed. মুদ্রাঙ্কিত করা v. to stamp, to impress, to seal. ̃দোষ n. a (ludicrous) mannerism. ̃বিজ্ঞান n. numismatics. ̃বিজ্ঞানী n. a numismatist. ̃মান n. (econ.) money standard. ̃মূল্য n. value of a coin or currency. ̃মূল্যহ্রাস n. depreciation or devaluation of a coin or currency. ̃যন্ত্র n. a printing machine. ̃লিপি n. a lithograph. মুদ্রাশঙ্খ n. litharge. ̃স্ফীতি n. (econ.) inflation of money currency, inflation. 5)

(p. 851) mahēndra Indra ইন্দ্র, the king of gods, Indra the Great; a mythological mountain range identified with the Eastern Ghats. ̃পুরী, ̃ভবন n. the city or residence of Mahendra (মহেন্দ্র). মহেন্দ্রাণী. n. fem. Sachi (শচী), the wife of Mahendra (মহেন্দ্র). 2)