(p. 872) mudita1 delighted, pleased. 46)

(p. 852) mādhyandina of midday or noon. ̃রেখা n. (astr. & geog.) the meridian. 86)

(p. 844) maśakarā banter; joke, fun; buffoonery. মশকরা করা v. to joke, to cut a joke, to poke fun (at), to make fun (of); to play the buffoon.

(p. 839) mandra a grave sonorous voice, (cp.) barytone; a kind of tom-tom. a. grave and sonorous, barytone. ̃সপ্তক n. (mus.) the middle octave. 36)

(p. 852) mānasambhrama honour and prestige or modesty. 112)

(p. 838) manōbṛtti the faculty of the mind; mentality (গোলামি মনোবৃত্তি) 21)

(p. 874) muri a sewer, a gutter; a drain. 27)

(p. 882) mōhinī enchanting, bewitching; charming; infatuating; possession bewitching personal charm. n. fem. (myth.) an exquisitely bewitching figure of a woman assumed by Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) to delude asuras (অসুর); a woman of bewitching beauty or personal charm; witchcraft or sorcery (usu. মোহিনীবিদ্যা); hypnotism, mesmerism (also মোহিনীবিদ্যা). মোহিনী মায়া n. an enchanting illusion. ̃শক্তি n. the power of enchanting or bewitching; hypnotic power. 46)

(p. 828) magaja brains; intelligence; the intellect or the pate; memory. 23)

(p. 882) mōllā (Mus.) a Muslim theologian or priest or teacher, a mullah, a mollah. ̃গিরি n. the profession or office of a mullah. ̃তন্ত্র n. government by or predominantly influenced by mullahs (cp. mollahcracy). মোল্লার দৌড় মসজিদ পর্যন্ত (dero.) one with restricted knowledge cannot go beyond the range of one's learning, a churchman becomes a fish out of water outside the church, the utmost reach of one's tether. 38)

(p. 831) matalaba intention, purpose, design; a plan, a stratagem, an artifice, a wile. মতলব আঁটা v. to think out a plan, to scheme, to plan. মতলব করা বা ভাঁজা v. to contrive a stratagem; to intend, to design. ̃বাজ, মতলবি a. designing, scheming, artful, crafty, wily; self-devoted. 23)

(p. 843) marīci a ray, a beam. ̃কা n. a mirage; (fig.) an illusion. ̃মালী n. one wearing a garland of rays; the sun. 12)

(p. 852) māga (sl.) a wife. 7)

(p. 851) mākaḍ়, mākaḍ়sā the spider; an arachnid. মাকড়সার জাল a spider-web, a cobweb; gossamer. 26)

(p. 852) manabhaṅga, mānabhañjana allaying of one's huff. মানভঞ্জন করা v. to allay one's huff. মানভঞ্জন-পালা n. a group of songs written about the soothing of Radha's (রাধা) huff by Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). 107)