(p. 839) mandirā a kind of small cup-shaped cymbals. 33)

(p. 867) miramunaśi chief clerk, head clerk; chief secretary. 5)

(p. 866) mini-māganā cost-free. 20)

(p. 851) mahōtsaba a solemn of grand festival; a grand gala; a great communion of Vaishnavas singing kirtan (কীর্তন) songs and eating together. 5)

(p. 882) mōḍ়ā1 a wicker stool. 22)

(p. 864) māsōhārā a monthly (monetary) allowance or stipend. 26)

(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. 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. 852) mātrā amount, measure, degree (শীতের মাত্রা); a dose (ওষুধের মাত্রা); limit (মাত্রাহীন লোভ); a horizontal straight line put over the consonants and some vowels of the Bengali alphabet; either of the measures long and short into which the letters of the alphabet are grouped; (pros.) a unit for measuring syllables (esp. in Sanskrit verses); a unit of division in Indian musical measure; (math.) dimension; (phys.) mass; (phys.) a unit of measure. মাত্রা ছাড়ানো v. to go beyond the limit of (decency etc.) ̃জ্ঞান, ̃বোধ n. sense of proportion. ̃তত্ত্ব n. (med.) posology. ̃বৃত্ত n. (pros.) a system of metrical measure depending on differentiating alphabetical letters into long and short. ̃হীন a. limitless, boundless. 65)

(p. 866) mitrākṣara the rhymed verse, verse with end-rhyme. 8)

(p. 851) māṃsa flesh; meat. গোমাংস n. beef. ছাগমাংস n. goat's meat. পাখির মাংস n. fowl. বাছুরের মাংস n. veal. মুরগির মাংস n. fowl, (loos.) chicken. মেষমাংস n. mutton. শুয়োরের মাংস n. pork. হরিণের মাংস n. venison. মাংসের দোকান a meat-shop, a butcher's shop, a shamble, a butchery. মাংসের বাজার a meat-market; a fleshmarket. ̃তুল্য a. flesh-like; meaty. ̃পেশি n. muscle. ̃বিক্রেতা n. a meatseller, a butcher. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. growth of flesh; accumulation of fat; adiposity. ̃ল a. fleshy, plump, fatty, adipose. মাংসাশী a. meat-eating; carnivorous. 25)

(p. 865) miṭamiṭa expressing: dim, flickering or almost dying state (as of a light); blinking (as of eyes). মিটমিট করা v. to flicker dimly; to blink. মিটমিটে a. dimly flickering; dim; blinking; (fig.) simulating or hypocritical. মিটমিটে ডান, মিটমিটে শয়তান a witch or a rogue dissembling as an honest and simple soul; (fig.) a wolf in a sheepskin. 8)

(p. 852) mānī honoured, respected; respectable, honourable; having prestige or dignity; particular about one's own prestige or dignity; egotistic; vainglorious; touchy. fem. মানিনী in all the senses of মানী, and esp.-one who often sulks on account of amorous quarrel; huffy. 124)

(p. 879) mēdhā intellect; power of remembrance, (good) memory. ̃বী a. intelligent; gifted; endowed with a good memory or parts. fem. ̃বিনী । 30)

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