(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. 846) maśalā spices; ingredients; materials (গল্পর মশলা); mortar (গাঁথনির মশলা). ̃দার a. spicy. মশলা মেশানো v. to mix spices or mortar. 4)

(p. 879) mēḍ়ō (contem.) a native of Marwar, a Marwari; (contemp.) an up-countryman of India. 21)

(p. 838) manōjagat the sphere or realm of the mind; the realm of imagination or of ideas and thoughts; the realm of fancy. 12)

(p. 872) mudgara a mallet, a club, a cudgel; a rammer; a hammer. 48)

(p. 831) manarakṣā compliance with one's orders or desires; acting or working to please another; humouring or flattering. মনরক্ষা করা v. to comply with one's orders or desires or wishes; to act to please another; to humour; to flatter. 67)

(p. 852) mānā2 to honour, to show respect to, to revere (গুরুজনকে মানা); to believe in (ভূতপ্রেত মানা); to regard, to count (ভাগ্য বলে মানা); to acknowledge, to admit, to own (অপরাধ মানা); to acknowledge the authority of (রাজাকে মানা); to obey, to abide by (উপদেশ মানা); to observe (শাস্ত্রীয় নিয়ম মানা); to heed (বাধা মানা); to accept, to yield to (সান্ত্বনা মানা); to call on or cite (সাক্ষী মানা). 118)

(p. 839) maẏalā excrement, faeces, stool, dung; refuse; filth, soil, dirt; gloom, melancholy; angularity, crookedness (মনের ময়লা). a. filthy; dirty, soiled; (of complexion) dark; not bright or clear, clouded, overcast (ময়লা আকাশ); glum, melancholy (ময়লা মুখ); crooked (ময়লা মন). ময়লা করা v. to soil. ময়লার গাড়ি a scavenger's cart or van or train, a night-soil cart. ̃টে a. slightly soiled; appearing to be soiled; (of complexion) darkish; slightly clouded or overcast; slightly glum. 49)

(p. 852) mācā, mācāna a platform, a dais; a shelf; a scaffold; a stage; a shooting-platform usu. up a tree, a machan. 18)

(p. 846) manasada a throne; (fig.) a seat of public office. মনসদি a. royal, regal; governmental, official; vested with official power. 10)

(p. 844) mala2 filth; soil; liquid filth or soil; any morbid secretion from the body; faeces, excrement, stool, (of inferior creatures) dung; a stain, a sullying mark, tarnish; a stigma; gloom, melancholy, angularity, crookedness (চিত্তমল); rust; verdigris; a sin, a vice. মলত্যাগ করা v. (of human beings) to ease oneself, to evacuate the bowel, to defecate, to pass stool, to stool; (of inferior creatures) to void excrement, to dung. ̃দূষিত a. fouled, filthy, foul. ̃দ্বার n. the anus. মলনালী n. the rectum. ̃বাহী a. carrying filth and soil (মলবাহী নালা); carrying stool or excrement (মলবাহী অন্ত্র). ̃ভান্ড n. the large intestine, the colon. ̃ময় a. full of dirt and filth. ̃যুক্ত a. soiled, dirty. ̃শোধনাশয় n. a septic tank. মলাধার n. the colon, the large intestine; the container for faeces or excrement. মলাশয় n. the colon; the large intestine. 11)

(p. 847) mahallā part or quarter of a town, a ward. 22)

(p. 839) maẏanā1 a bird of the starling family, the myna, the hill mynah, Gracula religiosa. 46)

(p. 846) maśāna a crematorium (esp. a vast one); an official place for infliction of capital punishment. 6)

(p. 852) mādhukarī act of begging from door to door like the bee gathering honey from flower to flower. 83)