(p. 847) mahābhārata the Mahabharata, the greatest epic of the world. মহাভারত অশুদ্ধ হওয়া (fig.) occurrence of a serious fault or lapse, (cp.) profanation of the Bible. মহাভারত আরম্ভ করা (fig.) to begin an intolerably long harangue; (fig.) to make a long introduction. 27)

(p. 872) muci2 a worker in animal skin, a shoemaker, a cobbler, a cordwainer, a tanner. 24)

(p. 831) manakaṣākaṣi strained relations; mutual ill-feelings; bad blood. মনকষাকষি করা v. to strain one's relations with; to fall out with. 58)

(p. 874) mudraka a printer. 2)

(p. 874) muśakila a difficulty, a trouble, a fix; a hitch, a rub. মুশকিল বেধেছে there is a difficulty or trouble or fix or hitch. মুশকিলে পড়া v. to run into a difficulty or trouble or fix. মুশকিল আসান removal of difficulty or trouble. 35)

(p. 864) māsa2 a month. মাসে, মাসে-মাসে adv. every month. a. monthly (মাসে দশ টাকা আয়). 14)

(p. 846) maśagula engrossed, absorbed, rapt, thoroughly occupied. 2)

(p. 852) māggi exorbitantly high in price, dear. ̃গণ্ডা n. dearness and scarcity. ̃গণ্ডার দিন বা বাজার days of high price and scarcity. ̃ভাতা n. dearness allowance. 14)

(p. 872) mugura a mallet, a club, a cudgel; a rammer; hammer. 17)

(p. 839) marada a man, a male; a male animal; a manly man; a heroic man; a young man; (vul.) a husband. মরদকা বাত হাতিকা দাঁত a heroic man's irrevocable pledge or word is unfailingly dependable as ivory which never slumps or falls in price. 59)

(p. 830) maṭaki a large earthen barrel or cask. 22)

(p. 872) muñjarana blossoming; sprouting. 29)

(p. 830) majjā marrow, bone-marrow; pith; (physio.) core. ̃গত a. pertaining to marrow; inherent or inveterate. ̃গহ্বর n. a pith cavity. 6)

(p. 886) mlēccha a non-Aryan tribe of ancient India; a member of this tribe; a Greek settler of India; (loos. but pop.) a non-Hindu; the ancient Mlechchhas (ম্লেচ্ছ). a. nonHindu or anti-Hindu; wicked, sinful, given to unscriptural practices. ̃দেশ n. the part of India inhabited by the ancient Mlechchhas (ম্লেচ্ছ). ম্লেচ্ছাচার n. the customs and practices of Mlechchhas (ম্লেচ্ছ); non-Hindu or unscriptural or evil customs and practices. ম্লেচ্ছাচারী a. adopting the customs and practices of Mlechchhas; given to non-Hindu or unscriptural or evil practices.

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