(p. 874) mumukṣu desirous of salvation. 19)

(p. 843) mardana trampling; thrashing; pounding; grinding; kneading; massaging; subduing. a. (used as a sfx.) trampling or subduing (আরতিমর্দন). মর্দন করা v. to trample; to thrash; to pound, to grind; to knead; to massage; to subdue. 21)

(p. 844) marmara1 marble. 5)

(p. 878) mṛṇāla a stalk of the lotus or water-lily; the white esculent root of the lotus. ̃নিন্দিত a. excelling even a lotus stalk in beauty or delicateness. ̃ভূজ n. an arm as delicate as a lotus-stalk. মৃণালিনী n. a clump of the lotus or water-lily; (loos.) the lotus or the water-lily. 2)

(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. 851) mahōnnata highly elevated or exalted; very lofty; greatly flourishing or prosperous. মহেন্নতি n. great elevation or exaltedness or height or altitude or flourish or prosperity or progress. 9)

(p. 878) mṛdaṅga an instrument of percussion shaped almost like a tom-tom. 7)

(p. 831) mathana churning; stirring; trampling; routing; crushing. মথন করা v. to churn, to stir; to trample; to rout, to crush. 30)

(p. 867) misibābā (used by domestic servants) missy. 24)

(p. 872) mudā, mōdā to close, to shut (আঁখি মোদা) 43)

(p. 847) mahadāśaẏa high-minded, noble-natured, magnanimous, generous. 9)

(p. 865) mitākṣarā an ancient Hindu treatise on the law and rules of inheritance.

(p. 874) musammata (Mus.) an appellation affixed to the names of Muslim women, (cp.) Miss, Mrs. 41)

(p. 864) māsaśbaśura the husband of a মাসশাশুড়ি, an uncle-in-law. 22)

(p. 874) mudraka a printer. 2)