(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. 828) makaranda the nectar or honey of a flower. 10)

(p. 830) mañca a platform, a dais; a rostrum; a scaffold; the stage or theatre. ̃নির্দেশন, নির্দেশনা n. stage direction. ̃ভাষণ n. a platform speech. ̃শিল্প n. stagecraft; stage play. ̃শিল্পী n. a stage-player; a stage-decorator. ̃সজ্জা n. stage-decoration. মঞ্চস্হ করা v. to stage (a drama), to enact; (rare) to place on a platform. মঞ্চাভিনয় n. stage-acting; acting in a drama. 8)

(p. 839) maẏūkha a ray, a beam; lustre, glow. ̃মালী n. the sun. 52)

(p. 874) muṣaḍ়ānō to become downhearted or depressed or discouraged. মুষড়ে পড়া same as মুষড়ানো । 37)

(p. 843) marāla the gander (fem. the goose); the swan. মরালী । ̃গামিনী a. fem. having a gait as graceful as that of the swan. ̃নিন্দিত a. excelling even the swan in beauty. ̃শাবক, ̃শিশু n. a gosling, a cygnet. 7)

(p. 844) mallāra an Indian musical mode of the rainy season. 24)

(p. 852) mārabēla marble; a little hard ball (ori. made of marble) used by boys in play, a marble. মারবেল-পাহাড় n. a marble rock.

(p. 847) mahiṣī a queen; the chief queen of a king; a female buffalo. 33)

(p. 878) mṛttikā earth; clay, mud; soil; the ground; the earth; the world. বাহিত মৃত্তিকা (geog.) transported soil. ̃গঠিত ̃নির্মিত same as মৃন্ময় । ̃গর্ভ n. the bowels or inside of the earth; an underground place, the underground. ̃পাত্র, ̃ভাণ্ড same as মৃত্পাত্র (see মৃত্). ̃ভোজন n. geophagy. ̃ভোজী a. geophagous. 5)

(p. 831) matsara envy, malice, spite; malevolence. a. envious, malicious, spiteful; malevolent; base, mean. 24)

(p. 885) mauktika a pearl; nacre. 2)

(p. 867) mukura a mirror, a looking-glass, a speculum. 38)

(p. 885) maulika pertaining to or originating from the root, radical; primitive, aboriginal; fundamental, basic, primary (মৌলিক নীতি বা শিক্ষা); prime (মৌলিক সংখ্যা); original (মৌলিক রচনা বা চিন্তা); (sc.) elementary; a Hindu surname. মৌলিক পদার্থ (sc.) an element. মৌলিক সংখ্যা (math.) a prime number. ̃তা n. originality. 20)

(p. 879) mēda fat; marrow. ̃জ a. produced from fat. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. growth of fat, corpulence, obesity. 25)