(p. 864) mālumakāṭha a mast (of a ship). 7)

(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. 847) mahat large, vast, extensive; (rare) best; high-minded, noble; excellent, sublime (মহত্ সাহিত্য); great, monstrous (মহত্ ভয়); elevated, high (মহত্ পদ). compar. মহত্তর; super. মহত্তম । মহত্ত্ব n. (rare) largeness, vastness; highmindedness, nobleness, nobility; excellence, sublimity; greatness. 8)

(p. 830) maṭana mutton. ̃চপ n. a mutton-chop. 23)

(p. 844) malāṭa a cover of a book, a back (cp. paper-back); a jacket of a book. 19)

(p. 865) mita temperate; moderate; restricted; abstemious. 18)

(p. 844) malaẏa a mountain range in South India, the Western Ghats (also মলয়গিরি, মলয়াচল); the ancient name of Malabar or of the Malay Peninsula; the south wind or vernal breeze; (cp.) zephyr (also মলয়পবন, মলয়বায়ু, মলয়মারুত, মলয়সমীর, মলয়সমীরণ, মলয়ানিল). ̃জ a. grown on the Malaya (মলয়) mountains. n. sandal-wood, sandal; the south wind; the vernal breeze. মলয়জশীতল a. cooled by the south wind. 16)

(p. 847) mahāphēja a record-keeper (esp. a government record-keeper). ̃খানা n. a record-room, archive. জাতীয় মহাফেজখানা the National Archive. 26)

(p. 839) mantabya a remark; a comment. মন্তব্য করা v. to pass a remark, to remark; to make comments, to comment. 14)

(p. 864) māṣa1, māṣakalāi a kind of dal or pulse. 12)

(p. 882) mōkābilā confronting, encountering; settlement of disputes by meeting face to face; settlement in presence of all concerned. মোকাবিলা করা v. to encounter or confront or try to settle disputes by sitting face to face; to brave. 2)

(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. 885) mauṭusi a very tiny bird sucking the honey of flowers, the sunbird. 7)

(p. 852) māṭha a field, a maidan; a tract of agricultural land, land; a grazing ground, a pasture; an extensive open space (মাঠে মাঠে ঘোরা); a playing-field, a playground, a ground. মাঠে মারা যাওয়া (fig.) to be utterly lost or wasted. ̃ঘাট n. every place. 40)

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