(p. 863) mālābadala exchange of garlands or necklaces (as done by the couple at a wedding); marriage; marriage of Vaishnavas (which demands no other ceremony than the exchange of basilnecklaces by the couple). মালাবদল করা v. to exchange garlands or necklaces; to marry; to marry in the Vaishnava way. 22)

(p. 852) māthāla a kind of improvised wickerumbrella; the top of a pillar, a capital. 69)

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

(p. 862) mārī, māri pestilence, a plague; smallpox. ̃গুটিকা n. a pustule or vesicle of small-pox. 6)

(p. 852) mātsarya envy, malice, spite; grudge, malevolence. 55)

(p. 867) mihi fine; fine-spun (মিহি কাপড়); contralto (মিহি সুর); effeminate and soft tralto (মিহি গলা); very small (মিহিদানা); finely pulverized (মিহিগুঁড়ো); delicate, subtle (মিহি কারুকাজ). 28)

(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. 878) mṛdaṅga an instrument of percussion shaped almost like a tom-tom. 7)

(p. 839) manōrañjana entertainment of the mind; diversion, recreation; act of pleasing; adulation. মনোরঞ্জন করা v. to entertain the mind of; to divert, to recreate, to amuse; to please; to adulate; to humour. মনোরঞ্জনী a. fem. providing mental entertainment; diverting, recreating, amusing; pleasing; pleasant; adulatory. 7)

(p. 830) mañju beautiful, graceful, lovely; delicate; pleasant; sweet. ̃কেশী a. fem. having beautiful hair. ̃ভাষিণী a. fem. suave in speech, honey-mouthed, fairspoken. ̃ল a. same as মঞ্জু । n. a flower-grove; a grove; a bower. ̃শ্রী delicate or charming grace or beauty; one possessing such grace or beauty; name of a Jain goddess. ̃হাসিনী a. fem. sweet-smiling. 15)

(p. 852) mātaṅga the elephant. fem. মাতঙ্গী (loos.) মাতঙ্গিনী the female elephant; (myth.) one of the ten manifestations of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). 51)

(p. 828) makkā maize. 17)

(p. 839) mandānila a breeze; a mild and sweet wind. 30)

(p. 864) māsabhara throughout the month. 19)

(p. 878) mṛtyu death, decease, demise; loss of life; Yama (যম) the Hindu god of death. ̃কামনা n. desire of death; deathwish. মৃত্যুকামনা করা v. to desire to die; to desire another's death. ̃কামী a. desirous of dying; desirous of another's death. ̃কাল n. the time of death; the dying moment. ̃কালীন a. pertaining to the time of death or to the dying moments. মৃত্যুকালীন এজহার a dying statement or declaration. মৃত্যুকালে হরিনাম deathbed repentance. ̃গ্রাস n. the jaws of death. মৃত্যুগ্রাসে পতি হওয়া v. to fall into the jaws of death; to die; to be killed. ̃চিহ্ন n. same as ̃লক্ষণ । মৃত্যুঞ্জয় a. one who has conquered death; deathless, immortal. n. Shiva (শিব). মৃত্যুঞ্জয়ী a. loos. var. of মৃত্যুঞ্জয় (a.). ̃তুল্য a. death-like, deathly. ̃দণ্ড n. deathsentence, capital punishment. মৃত্যুদণ়্ড দেওয়া v. to sentence to death, to award capital punishment (to). মৃত্যুদণ্ডে দণ্ডিত হওয়া v. to be sentenced to death. ̃ভয় n. the fear of death. ̃মুখ same as ̃গ্রাস । ̃যন্ত্রণা n. death-agony, deaththroe. ̃লক্ষণ n. a sign of death or being dead. ̃শয্যা n. deathbed. ̃শোক, ̃জনিত শোক n. sorrow caused by (some one's) death, grief caused by death. ̃হীন a. deathless, immortal; everlasting. 6)