(p. 831) manḍana ornamentation; embellishment; decoration; toilet; overlaying or studding; an ornament. 13)

(p. 852) māraṇa killing, slaughter; destroying, destruction; an occult rite performed to cause one's death (মারণমন্ত্র); calcination (of metals). মারণাস্ত্র n. a weapon of destruction. মারিত a. killed; destroyed. 153)

(p. 831) maṭāt same as মট্ । 2)

(p. 872) muḍ়ā2, mōḍ়ā to cover, to wrap; to enclose (খামে চিঠি মোড়া); to fold (বিছানা মোড়া); to double up (হাঁটু মুড়ে বসা); to contort or twist or bend (দেহ মোড়া); to ravel in, to wind round (আঙ্গুলে সুতো মোড়া). 32)

(p. 874) muphata & a. cost-free, gratuitous; without remuneration, gratis. মুফতে adv. cost-free; gratuitously; free of cost. 16)

(p. 847) mahaḍ়ā the front; a position at the front or in the front-line; (fig.) lead (কাজের মহড়া); rehearsal (অভিনয়ের মহড়া). মহড়া দেওয়া v. to rehearse (a dramatic performance). মহড়া নেওয়া v. to take position in the front and resist or repulse the advance party of the enemy forces; to confront, to face defiantly; to resist or repulse; to bear the brunt (of). 6)

(p. 867) milamilā, milamilē measles. 10)

(p. 851) mahauṣadhi any phosphorescent shrub or creeper; the common grass, (cp.) the bent grass; any plant having high medicinal quality. 12)

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

(p. 839) mandurā stable; mat. 35)

(p. 872) muddati continuing or enforced for a fixed period; periodical; temporary.

(p. 879) mērudaṇḍa the backbone, the spine, the vertebral column; (fig.) strength or firmness of character. ̃হীন a. having no backbone, spineless, invertebrate; (fig.) lacking in strength of character. মেরুদণ্ডহীন প্রাণীবর্গ n. pl. the Invertebrata. মেরুদণ্ডী a. having a backbone or spine, vertebrate. মেরুদণ্ডী প্রাণীবর্গ n. pl. the Vertebrata. 41)

(p. 852) māpa2 measure; dimension; measurement. মাপ নেওয়া v. to take measurements of, to measure. মাপে হওয়া v. to be of a particular measure or size, to measure; to fit in measurements. ̃কাঠি, ̃কাটি n. a measuring-rod; a measure; a standard. ̃জোখ, ̃জোক n. measurements; measurement; surveying. মাপজোখ করা v. to measure minutely; to survey. ̃দড়ি n. measuring rope or tape. ̃সই a. & adv. conforming to particular measurements. ˜ক a. measuring or weighing. n. a measure; a weigher. ̃ন n. measuring or weighing or sounding. ̃দণ্ড n. a measuring-rod. ̃যন্ত্র n. a weighing-machine. ̃রজ্জু n. a sounding-line, a plumb-line. মাপনী n. (geom.) a ruler, a scale. 135)

(p. 882) mōnā the pestle of a foot-driven husking-tree. 30)

(p. 831) manasā (myth.) the Hindu Snake-Goddess; a kind of plant. ̃মঙ্গল cult poetry concerning Goddess Manasa (মনসা). 71)