(p. 847) mahaphila a sitting or soiree of music, a musical soiree. 13)

(p. 879) maināka a mythological mountain.

(p. 872) muḍ়i3 a folded edge or hem of cloth etc.; covering or wrapping. মুড়ি দেওয়া v. to hem; to cover or wrap oneself (কাঁথা মুড়ি দেওয়া). মুড়ি-সেলাই n. a hemstitch, a hem. মুড়ি-সেলাই দেওয়া বা করা v. to hem-stitch, to hem. 37)

(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. 879) mēhēdi the henna. 59)

(p. 882) mōlāẏēma soft and smooth (মোলায়েম জিনিস); tender, suave (মোলায়েম কথা). 37)

(p. 864) māṣa1, māṣakalāi a kind of dal or pulse. 12)

(p. 874) murada, murōda ability; power; strength. 24)

(p. 844) malamāsa (Hindu astr.) an intercalary month; (astrol.) an inauspicious month for marriage, etc. 15)

(p. 864) māsapaẏalā the first day of a month; calends. 17)

(p. 828) mu, mau honey. মউ-আলু n. sweet yam. ̃চাক, ̃মাছির চাক n. a honeycomb; a beehive. ̃মাছি n. the bee. মউমাছির রানি a queen-bee. ̃মাছি পালন n. bee-keeping, apiculture. ̃লোভী a. fond of honey. 4)

(p. 831) maḍ়ighara a morgue. 7)

(p. 879) mēchuẏā a fishmonger or a fisherman. a. relating to fish (মেছুয়া গন্ধ); where fish is sold or auctioned or caught; piscivorous, fish-eating (মেছুয়া কুমির). ̃ঘেরি n. a place for catching fish, a fishery. ̃বাজার n. a fish-market. ̃হাটা n. a retail market for selling consignments of fish by auction; (fig.) a noisy place. 11)

(p. 828) makara a mythological aquatic animal; (astrol.) the Capricorn. ̃কেতন ̃কেতু n. the Hindu God of love whose flag bears the symbol of the mythological makar (মকর). ̃ক্রান্তি n. the winter solstice. ক্রান্তিবৃত্ত n. the tropic of Capricorn. ̃ধ্বজ n. a medicinal sublimate of mercury, sulphur and gold. ̃বাহিনী a. fem. riding on the mythological makar (মকর). n. Goddess Ganga (গঙ্গা). ̃মন্ডল n. the tropic of Capricorn. ̃রাশি n. (astrol.) the Capricorn. ̃সংক্রান্তি n. (astr.) the transition of the sun from the Sagittarius to the Capricornus; (pop.) the winter solstice. 9)

(p. 831) manaprāṇa heart and soul. 65)