(p. 867) mīmāṃsā solution (of a problem etc.), decision; determination (of truths etc.); act of clearing up or settling (of complication, doubt etc.); disposal (of an affair etc.); arbitration or compounding (of a dispute etc.); compromise; a philosophical treatise compiled by Jaimini (also মীমাংসাদর্শন). মীমাংসা করা v. to solve, to decide; to determine; to clear up; to settle; to dispose of; to arbitrate; to effect a compromise, to compound. 33)

(p. 852) mānamaryādā honour and dignity. মানমর্যাদা রক্ষা করা v. to keep up or maintain (one's) prestige. 110)

(p. 851) māiri by Maria or Mary (used as an oath). 21)

(p. 844) malama an ointment, an unguent; a balm. 13)

(p. 838) manōbhaṅga disappointment; despondency; dejection; discouragement. 23)

(p. 846) mastaka (high. & for.) the head; the cranium, the skull, the brain; the top, the summit, the crest (হিমালয়ের মস্তক); the topmost or foremost position (মন্ত্রিসভার মস্তকে ছিলেন জওহরলাল). মস্তক ছেদন করা v. to decapitate, to behead; to truncate. ̃চ্যুত a. fallen from or slipped off the head or top. ̃বিশিষ্ট a. having a head, cephalous; headed (বহুমস্তকবিশিষ্ট = hydraheaded). ̃ব্যবচ্ছেদ n. cephalotomy. ̃সংক্রান্ত a. cephalic. ̃হীন, ̃শূন্য a. headless; acephalous; truncated. ̃শূল n. headache, migraine. মস্তকাবরণ n. a covering for the head; a head-dress; a turban; a helmet; a cap; a veil. মস্তকাভরণ n. an ornament for the head. মস্তকোপরি adv. on or over the head. মস্তকোর্ধ্বে adv. over the head, overhead.

(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)

(p. 844) malā2 to trample; to rub; to scrub; to thresh; to thrash. 17)

(p. 879) mēṭhō pertaining to a field; befitting an open field; unparliamentary or demagogic (মেঠো বক্তৃতা); rustic or boorish (মেঠো আচরণ). মেঠো পথ a path through an open field formed by frequent movement of people. মেঠো সুর a rural tune. 18)

(p. 879) mēṭuli, mēṭē1 the liver of a goat, sheep etc. taken as food. 16)

(p. 882) mōṣa (coll.) a buffalo. মোষের গাড়ি a buffalo-drawn cart, a buffalo cart. 39)

(p. 851) mākaḍ়i a variety of earring. 27)

(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. 829) maṅgala well-being, weal, welfare, good, benefit; the Mars; Tuesday; a kind of Bengali epic poems about popular deities (usu. মঙ্গলকাব্য). মঙ্গল করা v. to do good to. ̃কর a. auspicious, propitious; doing good. ̃কামনা n. good wishes. ̃কামী a. well-wishing. মঙ্গলকামী ব্যক্তি a well-wisher. ̃কারী a. & n. one who does good to others. fem. ˜কারিণী । ̃গীত n. a song narrating the glory of a deity. ̃গ্রহ n. the Mars. ̃ঘট n. a consecrated pitcher placed in a house to win divine favour. ̃চন্ডী n. a manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃জনক, ̃দায়ক same as ̃কর । fem. ̃দায়িকা । ̃বার n. Tuesday. ̃ময় a. benign, benignant, gracious, doing good, auspicious. n. God. fem. ̃ময়ী । ̃সংবাদ ̃সমাচার n. news of wellbeing; good news; (Christ.) gospel. ̃সূত্র n. a sacred or consecrated thread or string worn on the neck by woman. মঙ্গলা n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). মঙ্গলাকর n. a mine of good. মঙ্গলাকাঙ্ক্ষা same as ̃কামনা । মঙ্গলাকাঙ্ক্ষী same as ̃কামী । fem. মঙ্গলাকাঙ্ক্ষিণী । মঙ্গলাচারণ, মঙ্গলাচার n. a prayer, to obtain divine benison on the eve of commencing work or in the beginning of a drama, poem etc.; any rite performed for the welfare of the votary. মঙ্গলামঙ্গল n. good and evil, weal and woe. মঙ্গলারতি n. the ceremonial waving of lights before an idol. মঙ্গলার্থে adv. for the good or welfare of. মঙ্গল্য var. of মাঙ্গলিক । 2)

(p. 874) mudraṇa printing; stamping; impression. মুদ্রণ করা v. to print; to stamp; to impress. মুদ্রণ নিবন্ধ press register. মুদ্রণনিবন্ধক n. press registrar. ̃প্রমাদ n. printing mistake. মুদ্রণ-শোধক n. press corrector, proof-reader. মুদ্রণ-শোধন n. press correction, proof-reading. মুদ্রণীয় a. printable, worth printing. 3)