(p. 847) mahaphila a sitting or soiree of music, a musical soiree. 13)

(p. 830) mañca a platform, a dais; a rostrum; a scaffold; the stage or theatre. ̃নির্দেশন, নির্দেশনা n. stage direction. ̃ভাষণ n. a platform speech. ̃শিল্প n. stagecraft; stage play. ̃শিল্পী n. a stage-player; a stage-decorator. ̃সজ্জা n. stage-decoration. মঞ্চস্হ করা v. to stage (a drama), to enact; (rare) to place on a platform. মঞ্চাভিনয় n. stage-acting; acting in a drama. 8)

(p. 882) mōtiẏā a kind of small sweet-scented flower. 26)

(p. 852) māra1 death, destruction (সত্যের মার নেই); loss (টাকা মার খাওয়া বা যাওয়া). মার যাওয়া v. to be lost. 149)

(p. 831) maḍ়maḍ় denoting noise of crashing of a hard substance. 5)

(p. 879) mērāpa a temporary shed built of straw and bamboo-poles. 38)

(p. 828) makara a mythological aquatic animal; (astrol.) the Capricorn. ̃কেতন ̃কেতু n. the Hindu God of love whose flag bears the symbol of the mythological makar (মকর). ̃ক্রান্তি n. the winter solstice. ক্রান্তিবৃত্ত n. the tropic of Capricorn. ̃ধ্বজ n. a medicinal sublimate of mercury, sulphur and gold. ̃বাহিনী a. fem. riding on the mythological makar (মকর). n. Goddess Ganga (গঙ্গা). ̃মন্ডল n. the tropic of Capricorn. ̃রাশি n. (astrol.) the Capricorn. ̃সংক্রান্তি n. (astr.) the transition of the sun from the Sagittarius to the Capricornus; (pop.) the winter solstice. 9)

(p. 831) mathana churning; stirring; trampling; routing; crushing. মথন করা v. to churn, to stir; to trample; to rout, to crush. 30)

(p. 831) manḍita ornamented; embellished; decorated (with). fem. মন্ডিতা । মন্ডিত করা v. to ornament; to embellish; to decorate; to dress; to overlay or stud (with). 16)

(p. 882) mōrabbā sweetened fruit conserve, fruit jelly, jam. 35)

(p. 874) musuri lentil. 46)

(p. 828) magaja brains; intelligence; the intellect or the pate; memory. 23)

(p. 831) madra the ancient name of the Punjab and some adjoining districts. 43)

(p. 831) maḍ়ka a pestilence, a plague; (of cattle, beasts and birds) a murrain; widespread death (মাছের মড়ক). মড়ক লেগেছে a pestilence or a murrain has broken out; death is taking a heavy toll of lives. ̃খোলা n. a place for cremating or depositing (usu. neglectfully) people killed by a pestilence. 4)

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