(p. 867) miśa1 inky, as dark as ink; very dark. ̃মিশ int. expressing: inky blackness or darkness. ̃মিশে a. as dark as ink; pitch-dark, very dark. 13)

(p. 831) madana the Hindu god of love (cp. Cupid, Eros); amorous or sexual desire, eroticism. ̃গোপাল n. a cupid's minion; Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃পীড়িত a. stricken with love or sexual desire, lovesick. fem. ̃পীড়িতা । ̃বাণ n. the shaft of Madana (মদন), (cp.) Cupid's shaft; (fig.) an erotogenous object. ̃বাণপীড়িত same as ̃পীড়িত । fem. ̃বাণপীড়িতা । ̃মোহন n. one who infatuates even Madana (মদন); Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). মদনোত্সব n. a spring festival held in honour of Madana (মদন); the festival of holi (হোলি). 35)

(p. 874) muniśa, muniṣa a farm-hand. 14)

(p. 879) mēthara a cleanser of filth and nightsoil; a scavenger, a sweeper. fem. মেথরানি । ̃গিরি n. the profession of the aforesaid cleanser or sweeper; scavenging. 23)

(p. 872) muḍ়ā3, mōḍ়ā to pollard, to lop; to eat of the top (of) (ছাগলে গাছ মুড়েছে); to shave (মাথা মোড়া) 33)

(p. 831) madhura very sweet, honeyed; sweet; delicious; pleasant. fem. মধুরা । ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. great sweetness; deliciousness; pleasantness. ̃ভাষিণী a. fem. honeytongued; soft-spoken. masc. ̃ভাষী । ̃প্রকৃতি, ̃স্বভাব a. sweet-tempered. ̃স্বর a. sweet-voiced. মধুরাম্ল n. an acid; acid. a. acid. মধুরালাপ n. pleasant or friendly conversation; (poet.) amorous conversation. মধুরিমা a. (great) sweetness; pleasantness. 45)

(p. 843) martya the mortal world, the earth, the world (also মর্ত্যধাম, মর্ত্যভূমি, মর্ত্যলোক); man, mankind; a mortal, a human being. a. mortal. ̃লীলা n. one's activities whilst living upon the earth. 20)

(p. 829) maṅgōla, maṅgōlīẏa a Mongol. a. Mongol, Mongolian, Mongoloid. মঙ্গোলয়েড n. a Mongoloid. a. Mongoloid. 3)

(p. 828) maghā the tenth of the twenty-seven stars according to the Hindu astronomy.

(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) mācharāṅā the kingfisher. 20)

(p. 886) myājēnaṭā, myājēnṭā magenta. 9)

(p. 867) mīmāṃsita solved, decided; determined; settled; arbitrated, compromised. 34)

(p. 851) mahēndra Indra ইন্দ্র, the king of gods, Indra the Great; a mythological mountain range identified with the Eastern Ghats. ̃পুরী, ̃ভবন n. the city or residence of Mahendra (মহেন্দ্র). মহেন্দ্রাণী. n. fem. Sachi (শচী), the wife of Mahendra (মহেন্দ্র). 2)

(p. 831) madhyama middle; second in order of seniority or age (মধ্যমভ্রাতা = the second brother; মধ্যমপুত্র = the second son); (rare) intermediate, medial; middling, mediocre, moderate. n. the waist (সুমধ্যমা); (mus.) the major fourth of the C-scale. ̃পন্হা n. the middle course; (pol.) moderateness, moderatism. ̃পন্হী a. following the middle course; (pol.) moderate. ̃বয়স্ক a. middle-aged. fem. ̃বয়স্কা । মধ্যমা n. the middle finger; (geom.) a median. a. fem. second in order of seniority or age. মধ্যমাঙ্গুলি n. the middle finger. 49)