(p. 839) mandira a temple; a shrine; a house of worship; a house (বিদ্যামন্দির); a room, a chamber (শয়নমন্দির); an abode (শরীর হল ব্যাধিমন্দির). 32)

(p. 844) marmōdghāṭana, marmōddhāra, marmōdbhēda elicitation or exposition of the underlying truth or (inner) significance or mystery. মর্মোদ্ঘাটন করা v. to elicit or bring out the underlying truth or (inner) significance or mystery (of); to find the sense or meaning of; to reveal the secret of, to puzzle out. 7)

(p. 852) māgadha of or relating to Magadha, Magadhan. মাগধী n. Magadhi, the Prakritic language which is considered the source of Hindi and Bengali. অর্ধমাগধী n. a kind of Magadhi (মাগধী) corrupted with mixture of several Prakritic dialects. 8)

(p. 879) mēthi the fenugreek plant or its seed. 24)

(p. 874) musā Moses. 43)

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

(p. 879) mēṭhō pertaining to a field; befitting an open field; unparliamentary or demagogic (মেঠো বক্তৃতা); rustic or boorish (মেঠো আচরণ). মেঠো পথ a path through an open field formed by frequent movement of people. মেঠো সুর a rural tune. 18)

(p. 828) maktaba a Muslim primary school. 19)

(p. 843) marāla the gander (fem. the goose); the swan. মরালী । ̃গামিনী a. fem. having a gait as graceful as that of the swan. ̃নিন্দিত a. excelling even the swan in beauty. ̃শাবক, ̃শিশু n. a gosling, a cygnet. 7)

(p. 874) munīndra a chief hermit. 15)

(p. 852) māṭakōṭhā a mud-built house consisting of two or more stories. 35)

(p. 867) mukta having attained salvation, freed from earthly bondage or ties or attachments (মুক্ত পুরুষ); dispassionate, unaffected, unprejudiced, free (মুক্ত মন); liberal, bountiful; released, freed (কারামুক্ত); extricated (বিপদমুক্ত); acquitted, freed, discharged (দায়মুক্ত); loosened (বন্ধনমুক্ত); cured of, recovered from (রোগমুক্ত); unbolted (মুক্তদ্বার); unobstructed, open, free (মুক্তধারা, মুক্তবায়ু); unrestricted; untied, unfastened, bare (মুক্তকৃপাণ); delivered from or of (গর্ভমুক্ত); rescued; liberated; relieved of (ভয়মুক্ত); removed, cleared. মুক্ত করা v. to give salvation, to free from earthly bondage; to free (from); to release; to extricate; to acquit; to discharge; to loosen; to cure of; to open, to unbolt; to free from obstacles or restrictions; to untie, to unfasten; to unsheathe; to deliver from or of; to rescue; to liberate; to relieve (of); (loos.) to remove, to clear. ̃কচ্ছ a. one with the portion of the loincloth hanging loose instead of remaining tucked at the back of the waist between one's legs; (fig.) hurrying excessively and ludicrously, (cp.) having the tail between the legs. ̃কন্ঠে adv. in a loud voice; speaking freely or unhesitatingly. ̃কেশী a. fem. having one's hair hanging loose. n. Goddess Kali (কালী). মুক্ত ছন্দ (pros.) free verse. মুক্ত নগরী an undefended or open city; liberated city. ̃পুরুষ n. (loos.) a man freed from obstacles or hindrances. মুক্ত বন্দর a free port. ̃বেণি a. having hair not tied up in a chignon. n. the confluence of Tribeni (ত্রিবেণি) at Allahabad. ̃হস্ত a. open-handed; munificent, generous. ̃হস্তে adv. in an open-handed manner, liberally. 40)

(p. 864) māsaśāśuḍ়i a sister or a cousin-sister of one's mother-in-law, an aunt-in-law. 21)

(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. 864) māsatutō descended from a sister or a cousin-sister of one's mother or mother-in-law, avuncular, cousinly. মাসতুতো ভাই, মাসতুতো বোন a cousin. 16)