(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. 878) mṛdaṅga an instrument of percussion shaped almost like a tom-tom. 7)

(p. 852) mākunda one who, though of age, has not yet grown one's beard. 4)

(p. 865) miṭimiṭi flickering dimly (মিটিমিটি জ্বালা); blinkingly (মিটিমিটি চাওয়া). a. dimly flickering, dim; blinking. মিটিমিটি করা v. to flicker dimly; to blink. 13)

(p. 863) mālāi-barapha ice-cream. 19)

(p. 843) maru, marubhū, marubhūmi a desert; a wilderness; (fig.) a place or thing stuffed with afflictions. মরুঝঞ্ঝা, মরুঝটিকা, মরুঝড় n. a simoom, a simoon. মরুময় a. desert (মরুময় অঞ্চল); full of deserts (মরুময় দেশ); (fig.) full of unbearable afflictions. মরুযাত্রী n. a desert-traveller. মরু যাত্রীর দল n. a caravan. মরুসাগর n. the Dead-Sea. মরুস্হল, মরুস্হলী n. a desert. 13)

(p. 852) mānuṣa the human race, man; a man; a human being (male or female), a person; a grown-up person, an adult; proper human being (তোরা মানুষ হ). মানুষ করা v. to rear, to bring up (ছেলে মানুষ করা); to train one to be a proper man. মানুষ হওয়া v. to be brought up; to grow up, to become an adult; to grow up into a proper man. ̃খেকো a. maneating. n. a maneater. ̃জন n. men, people (মানুষজন দেখছি না). মানুষের মতো মানুষ a proper man; a great or eminent person; a man of worth; an ideal man. মানুষিক a. human. মানুষী a. human. n. a woman; womankind. 125)

(p. 879) mēdhya sacrificial; sacred. 31)

(p. 879) maithuna sexual intercourse, copulation, cohabitation, coitus. 63)

(p. 863) mālā2 a coconut-shell; a coconut-shell cut into the shape of a tumbler. 15)

(p. 847) mahītala the surface of the earth; the ground; the earth. 35)

(p. 839) maraji will, desire, pleasure, sweet will. যদি তোমার মরজি হয় if you please, if you would. যেমন তোমার মরজি as you please. ̃মাফিক a. & adv. as or when one pleases. 57)

(p. 839) mandira a temple; a shrine; a house of worship; a house (বিদ্যামন্দির); a room, a chamber (শয়নমন্দির); an abode (শরীর হল ব্যাধিমন্দির). 32)

(p. 851) mahauṣadhi any phosphorescent shrub or creeper; the common grass, (cp.) the bent grass; any plant having high medicinal quality. 12)

(p. 864) mālya a necklace; a chaplet or circlet; a string; a garland; a series, a row, a line. ̃বন a. wearing a garland; n. a mytholgical mountain. fem. a. ̃বতী । ̃দান n. the placing of a garland (round somebody's neck); garlanding. 9)