(p. 831) manḍapa a roofed or otherwise covered terrace or place usu. with four sides open; a pavilion. 14)

(p. 847) mahābhārata the Mahabharata, the greatest epic of the world. মহাভারত অশুদ্ধ হওয়া (fig.) occurrence of a serious fault or lapse, (cp.) profanation of the Bible. মহাভারত আরম্ভ করা (fig.) to begin an intolerably long harangue; (fig.) to make a long introduction. 27)

(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. 831) manākkā raisin. 76)

(p. 847) -mahalā1 having a particular number of self-contained portions or parts of a building (সাতমহলা বাড়ি). 20)

(p. 844) malaẏa a mountain range in South India, the Western Ghats (also মলয়গিরি, মলয়াচল); the ancient name of Malabar or of the Malay Peninsula; the south wind or vernal breeze; (cp.) zephyr (also মলয়পবন, মলয়বায়ু, মলয়মারুত, মলয়সমীর, মলয়সমীরণ, মলয়ানিল). ̃জ a. grown on the Malaya (মলয়) mountains. n. sandal-wood, sandal; the south wind; the vernal breeze. মলয়জশীতল a. cooled by the south wind. 16)

(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. 852) māṭi earth; clay; soil; dust or dirt; the ground, the floor; landed property, land; the surface of the earth; the earth, the world; foothold. মাটি করা v. to spoil, to ruin; to impair. মাটি কামড়ে (প়ড়ে) থাকা (fig.) to keep lying to the ground immovable and motionlessly with all one's might and main (as by a wrestler); to persist doggedly. মাটি দেওয়া v. to bury, to inter. মাটি মাড়ানো v. (coll.) to come or visit. মাটি হওয়া v. to be spoiled. পায়ের তলার মাটি সরে যাওয়া (fig.) to lose one's foothold, to be utterly deprived of support, (cp.) to cut the grass from under one's feet. মাটির দর dirt cheap. মাটির বাসন earthenware; crockery. মাটির দরে বিক্রি করা to sell for a mere trifle. মাটির মানুষ a very gentle and forbearing and honest man perfectly free from crookedness. বিলাতি মাটি cement. বেলেমাটি sandy soil. 38)

(p. 831) matihāri grown in Matihari. n. tobacco growing in Matihari. 27)

(p. 838) manōjña captivating, attractive, pleasant, charming. 13)

(p. 863) mālā3 a necklace; a chaplet or circlet; a garland; a string (জপমালা); a series, a row, a line (ঊর্মিমালা, পর্বতমালা). মালা গাঁথা v. to form into a wreath, to wreathe. মালা জপা v. to tell one's beads. 16)

(p. 872) muḍ়ānō, muḍ়ōnō pollarded, lopped; shaven. v. to pollard or cause to pollard, to lop or cause to lop; to shave or cause to shave. 34)

(p. 852) māpā to measure; to weigh; to survey (জমি মাপা); to measure the depth of, to sound; (fig.) to try to assess the importance or weight of. a. measured; weighed; surveyed; sounded; restrained, controlled, restricted (মাপা কথা, মাপা খাওয়া). ̃জোখা, ̃জোকা a. conforming accurately to a particular measure, measured; restrained, controlled, restricted. n. measuring or surveying. মাপানো v. to cause to measure or weigh or survey or sound. 136)

(p. 867) miśana a religious mission; a mission. মিশনারি a. missionary. n. a missionary. 15)

(p. 847) maharlōka (myth.) fourth amongst the seven heavens. 18)