(p. 831) maṭha a monastery or a nunnery, a convent; an abbey; a shrine, a temple; an academy; a sweetmeat made of congealed sugar shaped like a temple. ̃ধারী, মঠাধিকারী, মঠাধ্যক্ষ n. a head of a monastery or convent, an abbot. fem. ̃ধারিণী an abbess. 3)

(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. 882) mōḍ়la a village headman; (facet.) a leader; the foreman of a group of workmen. 20)

(p. 852) mānamaẏī fem. huffy; touchy. 109)

(p. 852) mākhā to smear, to dab, to daub, to coat -(রং মাখা); to knead (ময়দা মাখা); to mix with spices etc. in order to make something ready for cooking, to lard মাংস মাখা; to mix with curry etc. to make something ready for eating, (cp.) to sauce (ভাত মাখা). মাখানো v. to cause to smear or dab or coat or knead or lard. ̃মাখি n. mutual or repeated smearing রং মাখামাখি; frequent social communication, intimacy, act of mixing freely with, close association (পুলিশের সঙ্গে মাখামাখি). মাখামাখি করা v. to smear mutually or repeatedly, to indulge in frequent social communication with, to form an intimacy with, to mix freely with. 6)

(p. 852) mātuḥṣbasā, mātuḥsbasā a mother's sister or cousin-sister, a maternal aunt. 62)

(p. 846) masi, masī ink; soot; a dark stain or spot. ̃কার n. one who inks, an inker, (loos.) an inkman. ̃কৃষ্ণ a. black as ink or soot, deep black. ̃চিহ্নিত a. marked with ink; having a dark stain or spot. ̃তুল্য, ̃বত্ a. inky, black as ink; very black. ̃নিন্দিত a. even blacker than ink or soot. ̃ময় a. sooty, smudgy; smudged; inky; very black; extremely dark. ̃মাখা, ̃লিপ্ত a. smeared with ink or soot; very black or dark. ̃লাঞ্ছিত same as ̃নিন্দিত । 13)

(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. 831) manamarā down-hearted, morose, lowspirited, vapoury, (sl.) browned off; dejected, melancholy. 66)

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

(p. 831) manḍala a circular or spherical area; a sphere, a circle, a ring, an orb, a globe (ভূমন্ডল, দিঙ্মন্ডল); an area; a region (নক্ষত্রমন্ডল); an empire, a vast territory or kingdom; a country; a district, a village, a locality, a zone (বজ্রমন্ডল); a community (প্রজামন্ডল); an assemblage, a congregation (মন্ত্রিমন্ডল, ভক্তমন্ডল); (geom.) a group; a village headman; a headman, a leader. ̃পট্ট n. (phys.) a zone plate. মন্ডল পরিদর্শক n. a circle inspector. মন্ডলাকার a. circular, spherical, round, globular. মন্ডলী n. a collection, a multitude; a community; an assemblage; a congregation; a circle (মন্ডলী করে বসা). মন্ডলীকৃত a. formed into a circle or coil. মন্ডলেশ্বর n. a paramount ruler (esp. of a vast territory); an emperor. 15)

(p. 879) mēsō the husband of one's mother's sister or cousin-sister, an uncle. 55)

(p. 864) māluma feeling, perception, sensation. মালুম করা বা পাওয়া v. to feel, to perceive, to sense. মালুম হওয়া v. to be felt or perceived or sensed. 6)

(p. 864) mālinī of মালী (n. & a.). 3)

(p. 852) mānanīẏa honourable; venerable; respectable. fem. মাননীয়া । মাননীয়েষু adv. to an honourable person (used as a polite mode of addressing a letter). fem. মাননীয়াসু ।. 103)