(p. 830) mañju beautiful, graceful, lovely; delicate; pleasant; sweet. ̃কেশী a. fem. having beautiful hair. ̃ভাষিণী a. fem. suave in speech, honey-mouthed, fairspoken. ̃ল a. same as মঞ্জু । n. a flower-grove; a grove; a bower. ̃শ্রী delicate or charming grace or beauty; one possessing such grace or beauty; name of a Jain goddess. ̃হাসিনী a. fem. sweet-smiling. 15)

(p. 867) mirāsa land held under hereditary title; the right of hereditary occupation. মিরাস-ইজারা n. lease or settlement of land to be enjoyed hereditarily. 6)

(p. 852) māndya lack of natural urge, dearth, loss, decrease, dullness (ক্ষুধামান্দ্য); impairment (অগ্নিমান্দ্য); slowness; sloth; inertia. 131)

(p. 852) māna2 honour, respect; cordial reception; fame; dignity; pride; (dero.) vanity. মান দেওয়া v. to treat with honour or deference. মান রাখা v. to do honour to, to respect, to heed; to do the honours (to); to save one's face. 93)

(p. 843) marica black pepper, pepper; (dial.) capsicum, chillies. 9)

(p. 831) manasija Madana (মদন) the god of love. 72)

(p. 867) mukhaṭi2 a lid, a cap, a cork, a stopper (as of a bottle etc.). 44)

(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. 847) mastiṣka the encephalon; matter within the encephalon, brains; intellect, intelligence, brain. মস্তিষ্ক খাটানো v. to apply or tax one's brains. মস্তিষ্ক বিকৃত করা v. to drive crazy, to madden, to run crazy, to go mad; to puzzle or be puzzled; to irritate or fret; to derange one's brains. মস্তিষ্কের কাজ n. the function of the brain; an intellectual work, a brainy job. মস্তিষ্ক আলোড়ন করা v. to rack one's brains. মস্তিষ্ক চালানো same as মস্তিষ্ক খাটানো । ̃প্রদাহ n. brain-fever, cephalitis, cerebritis. ̃বিকৃতি n. mental derangement, insanity; brain-sickness; (pop.) loss of understanding or intelligence, folly, (cp.) brain-storm. মস্তিষ্কবিজ্ঞান n. cerebrology. মস্তিষ্কবিজ্ঞানী n. a cerebrologist. মস্তিষ্কশূন্য, মস্তিষ্কহীন a. lacking in intelligence, slow in understanding, dull-headed; stupid. 3)

(p. 874) munīndra a chief hermit. 15)

(p. 867) mīna fish; (astrol.) the Fishes, the Pisces (usu. মীনরাশি); (myth.) the first of the ten incarnations of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃কেতন, ̃ধ্বজ n. one whose standard bears the sign of a fish; Madan (মদন) the Hindu love-god. ̃পোষ n. pisciculture. মীনাক্ষ a. having piscine eyes. মীনাক্ষী a. fem. of মীনাক্ষ a female deity of Deccan. 31)

(p. 852) mādala a kind of tom-tom played on by the Santal (সাঁওতাল) people. 74)

(p. 831) madhyābashā mediocrity; the middle or middling state. 52)

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

(p. 885) mauna abstention from speech; reticence. a. (inc. but pop.) same as মৌনী । মৌন ত্যাগ করা, মৌন ভঙ্গ করা v. to break silence (esp. after the completion of a vow of abstaining from speech). ̃ব্রত n. a vow of abstaining from speech. ̃ব্রতী a. abstaining from speech under a vow. ̃ভাব n. reticence, silence. মৌনভাব ধারণ করা v. to keep silent. ̃সম্মতি n. silent assent; tacit assent or consent; consent implied by silence. ̃স্বভাব a. habitually reserved in speech, typically parsimonious in speaking, taciturn. মৌনাবলম্বন করা v. to undertake a vow of abstaining from speech; to keep silent. মৌনী a. abstaining from speech under a vow; silent, reticent; speechless or dumbfounded (বিস্ময়ে মৌনী); mute (মৌনী প্রকৃতি). 9)