(p. 867) mukunda one who gives salvation; Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) 37)

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

(p. 867) mukta having attained salvation, freed from earthly bondage or ties or attachments (মুক্ত পুরুষ); dispassionate, unaffected, unprejudiced, free (মুক্ত মন); liberal, bountiful; released, freed (কারামুক্ত); extricated (বিপদমুক্ত); acquitted, freed, discharged (দায়মুক্ত); loosened (বন্ধনমুক্ত); cured of, recovered from (রোগমুক্ত); unbolted (মুক্তদ্বার); unobstructed, open, free (মুক্তধারা, মুক্তবায়ু); unrestricted; untied, unfastened, bare (মুক্তকৃপাণ); delivered from or of (গর্ভমুক্ত); rescued; liberated; relieved of (ভয়মুক্ত); removed, cleared. মুক্ত করা v. to give salvation, to free from earthly bondage; to free (from); to release; to extricate; to acquit; to discharge; to loosen; to cure of; to open, to unbolt; to free from obstacles or restrictions; to untie, to unfasten; to unsheathe; to deliver from or of; to rescue; to liberate; to relieve (of); (loos.) to remove, to clear. ̃কচ্ছ a. one with the portion of the loincloth hanging loose instead of remaining tucked at the back of the waist between one's legs; (fig.) hurrying excessively and ludicrously, (cp.) having the tail between the legs. ̃কন্ঠে adv. in a loud voice; speaking freely or unhesitatingly. ̃কেশী a. fem. having one's hair hanging loose. n. Goddess Kali (কালী). মুক্ত ছন্দ (pros.) free verse. মুক্ত নগরী an undefended or open city; liberated city. ̃পুরুষ n. (loos.) a man freed from obstacles or hindrances. মুক্ত বন্দর a free port. ̃বেণি a. having hair not tied up in a chignon. n. the confluence of Tribeni (ত্রিবেণি) at Allahabad. ̃হস্ত a. open-handed; munificent, generous. ̃হস্তে adv. in an open-handed manner, liberally. 40)

(p. 847) mahābhārata the Mahabharata, the greatest epic of the world. মহাভারত অশুদ্ধ হওয়া (fig.) occurrence of a serious fault or lapse, (cp.) profanation of the Bible. মহাভারত আরম্ভ করা (fig.) to begin an intolerably long harangue; (fig.) to make a long introduction. 27)

(p. 839) manbantara (myth.) the term of office of any one of the mythological Manus (মনু) covering a period of 3672 years; (pop.) a great and devastating famine (পঞ্চাশের মন্বন্তর). 37)

(p. 865) michimichi (coll.) for nothing, in vain, meaninglessly, uselessly. a. false; useless, meaningless. 3)

(p. 830) majjana sinking or being drowned. 4)

(p. 885) maulabi (Mus.) a Mohammedan scholar or teacher. 17)

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

(p. 866) miti measure, measurement, -metry (জ্যামিতি); knowledge. 5)

(p. 867) misibābā (used by domestic servants) missy. 24)

(p. 852) māmaḍ়i an encrustation, a scab. মামড়ি পড়া v. to develop a scab, to scab. 140)

(p. 863) mālācandana garlands and sandal-paste with which an adorable or honourable person is received. মালাচন্দন দেওয়া v. to receive with garlands and sandal-paste; (fig.) to receive with honour. 21)

(p. 874) muhuri2 a clerk or scrivener. ̃গিরি n. clerkship. 48)

(p. 852) mādura a mat. ̃কাঠি n. dried stalk of a kind of grass used in weaving mats. 77)