(p. 829) maṅgala well-being, weal, welfare, good, benefit; the Mars; Tuesday; a kind of Bengali epic poems about popular deities (usu. মঙ্গলকাব্য). মঙ্গল করা v. to do good to. ̃কর a. auspicious, propitious; doing good. ̃কামনা n. good wishes. ̃কামী a. well-wishing. মঙ্গলকামী ব্যক্তি a well-wisher. ̃কারী a. & n. one who does good to others. fem. ˜কারিণী । ̃গীত n. a song narrating the glory of a deity. ̃গ্রহ n. the Mars. ̃ঘট n. a consecrated pitcher placed in a house to win divine favour. ̃চন্ডী n. a manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃জনক, ̃দায়ক same as ̃কর । fem. ̃দায়িকা । ̃বার n. Tuesday. ̃ময় a. benign, benignant, gracious, doing good, auspicious. n. God. fem. ̃ময়ী । ̃সংবাদ ̃সমাচার n. news of wellbeing; good news; (Christ.) gospel. ̃সূত্র n. a sacred or consecrated thread or string worn on the neck by woman. মঙ্গলা n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). মঙ্গলাকর n. a mine of good. মঙ্গলাকাঙ্ক্ষা same as ̃কামনা । মঙ্গলাকাঙ্ক্ষী same as ̃কামী । fem. মঙ্গলাকাঙ্ক্ষিণী । মঙ্গলাচারণ, মঙ্গলাচার n. a prayer, to obtain divine benison on the eve of commencing work or in the beginning of a drama, poem etc.; any rite performed for the welfare of the votary. মঙ্গলামঙ্গল n. good and evil, weal and woe. মঙ্গলারতি n. the ceremonial waving of lights before an idol. মঙ্গলার্থে adv. for the good or welfare of. মঙ্গল্য var. of মাঙ্গলিক । 2)

(p. 831) maṭāt same as মট্ । 2)

(p. 846) maśāri a mosquito curtain, a mosquito net. মশারি খাটানো v. to rig up a mosquito curtain. 7)

(p. 844) malana trampling; rubbing; scrubbing; massaging; threshing, thrashing. 12)

(p. 847) mahiṣāsura (myth.) Mahisa (মহিষ) the demon. ̃মর্দিনী same as মহিষমর্দিনী । 32)

(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. 882) mōḍ়āmuḍ়i repeated contortion or twisting or bending; (fig.) chaffering, higgling and haggling. 23)

(p. 838) manuja man; a man. মনুজেন্দ্র n. a king, a monarch. 6)

(p. 865) michila a procession. 4)

(p. 852) mādi (esp. of inferior creatures) female, (cp.) she- (মাদি কুকুর). 76)

(p. 847) mahīruha a tree (esp. a big one); a plant. 40)

(p. 852) mānadaṇḍa a measuring rod, a measure; a standard or unit of measurement. 100)

(p. 879) mēja1 a table; a desk. 12)

(p. 852) māna4, mānakacu the arum. 95)

(p. 879) mēṣa (as masc.) the ram; (as neut.) the sheep; (astrol.) the Aries, the Ram. fem. মেষী the ewe. ̃তুল্য, ̃বত্ a. sheepish. ̃পাল n. a flock of sheep; a shepherd (fem.: a shepherdess). ̃পালক n. a shepherd. ̃পালন n. tending of sheep. ̃মাংস n. mutton. ̃শাবক n. a lamb, a yeanling. 53)