(p. 885) mauna abstention from speech; reticence. a. (inc. but pop.) same as মৌনী । মৌন ত্যাগ করা, মৌন ভঙ্গ করা v. to break silence (esp. after the completion of a vow of abstaining from speech). ̃ব্রত n. a vow of abstaining from speech. ̃ব্রতী a. abstaining from speech under a vow. ̃ভাব n. reticence, silence. মৌনভাব ধারণ করা v. to keep silent. ̃সম্মতি n. silent assent; tacit assent or consent; consent implied by silence. ̃স্বভাব a. habitually reserved in speech, typically parsimonious in speaking, taciturn. মৌনাবলম্বন করা v. to undertake a vow of abstaining from speech; to keep silent. মৌনী a. abstaining from speech under a vow; silent, reticent; speechless or dumbfounded (বিস্ময়ে মৌনী); mute (মৌনী প্রকৃতি). 9)

(p. 882) mōlāẏēma soft and smooth (মোলায়েম জিনিস); tender, suave (মোলায়েম কথা). 37)

(p. 839) -maẏa denoting: full of, made of, containing, abounding in etc. (স্বর্ণময়); -ful, -ous, -some, -y etc., pervading, -wide (রাজ্যময়). fem. -ময়ী । 43)

(p. 851) mahōdaẏa very generous or high-minded or high-souled; highly prosperous or opulent; greatly elevated or exalted. fem. মহোদয়া । 8)

(p. 847) masyādhāra an inkpot, an inkhorn; an inkbottle. 4)

(p. 879) mēlā2 a fair (রথের মেলা); a temporary exhibition (স্বদেশী শিল্পমেলা); an assemblage, a concourse (লোকের মেলা); a society (পণ্ডিতের মেলা). 46)

(p. 839) mandara a mythological mountain. 25)

(p. 847) mahimā divine grace or power; glory; majesty; exaltedness, dignity; charm, influence (টাকার মহিমা). ̃কীর্তন করা v. to sing or narrate the glory of. মহিমান্বিত same as ̃ময় fem. মহিমান্বিতা । ̃ব্যঞ্জক a. expressive of grace or glory or majesty or exaltedness or dignity or power. মহিমার্ণব n. one regarded as an ocean of grace or glory or majesty or exaltedness or dignity or power. 29)

(p. 866) mini-māganā cost-free. 20)

(p. 867) mukti (theol.) salvation, nirvana; freedom from earthly attachments; release; extrication, deliverance; discharge (জ্যা-মুক্তি); acquittal; loosening; recovery (রোগমুক্তি); unbolting, opening; freedom from obstruction or restrictions; unsheathing (কোষমুক্তি); delivery from or of (গর্ভমুক্তি); rescue; liberation; relief (ভয়মুক্তি); emancipation (নারীজাতির মুক্তি); end or termination (গ্রহণমুক্তি). মুক্তি দেওয়া same as মুক্ত করা (see মুক্ত) except in the last sense. মুক্তি পাওয়া v. to attain salvation; to gain freedom; to be set free, to be released or freed; to be extricated; to be discharged; to be acquitted; to be loosened, to be let loose; to be cured, to recover; to be unbolted; to be freed from obstruction or restrictions; to be unsheathed; to be delivered from or of; to be rescued; to be liberated; to become independent or free; to be emancipated. ̃দ, ̃দাতা a. & n. one who gives salvation or frees or releases or extricates or acquits or lets loose or cures or rescues or liberates or relieves or emancipates. fem. ˜দা, দাত্রী । ̃দান n. giving salvation; freeing; releasing; extrication or deliverance; acquittal; curing; rescuing; liberating; relieving; emancipating. ̃নামা, ̃পত্র n. a deed of release; a deed of reconveyance; a passport; a permit. ̃পণ n. ransom. ̃ফৌজ, ̃সেনা n. an army of liberation; the Salvation Army. ̃যুদ্ধ n. a war of liberation. ̃লাভ n. attainment of salvation; attainment of freedom; release; extrication or deliverance; acquittal; recovery; rescue; liberation, relief. ̃স্নান n. ceremonial bathing (esp. in a river) on termination of an eclipse. 42)

(p. 879) mēchuni a fishwife; a fishwoman, a fisher-woman. 10)

(p. 874) munīndra a chief hermit. 15)

(p. 831) maḍ়ipōḍ়ā taking part in cremating the dead bodies of unrelated persons. n. such a Brahman (considered an outcast). 8)

(p. 852) mātā2 to go mad; (of elephants etc.) to be seized with must, to be in must; to run amuck; to be frenzied or maddened; to be beside onelself, to be overwhelmed with; to be absorbed (in); to become feverishly enthusiastic; to be greatly excited; to indulge in a revel-rout; to rise and swell by the action of fermentation, to ferment. 58)

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