(p. 864) māhātmya high-mindedness, nobility; excellence, sublimity; greatness, divine grace or power; glory, majesty; (loos.) charm or influence (টাকার মাহাত্ম্য, স্হানমাহাত্ম্য). 29)

(p. 852) māṭi earth; clay; soil; dust or dirt; the ground, the floor; landed property, land; the surface of the earth; the earth, the world; foothold. মাটি করা v. to spoil, to ruin; to impair. মাটি কামড়ে (প়ড়ে) থাকা (fig.) to keep lying to the ground immovable and motionlessly with all one's might and main (as by a wrestler); to persist doggedly. মাটি দেওয়া v. to bury, to inter. মাটি মাড়ানো v. (coll.) to come or visit. মাটি হওয়া v. to be spoiled. পায়ের তলার মাটি সরে যাওয়া (fig.) to lose one's foothold, to be utterly deprived of support, (cp.) to cut the grass from under one's feet. মাটির দর dirt cheap. মাটির বাসন earthenware; crockery. মাটির দরে বিক্রি করা to sell for a mere trifle. মাটির মানুষ a very gentle and forbearing and honest man perfectly free from crookedness. বিলাতি মাটি cement. বেলেমাটি sandy soil. 38)

(p. 847) mahāna of মহত্ । 25)

(p. 847) maharṣi a great sage or saint. 17)

(p. 851) mahōtsaba a solemn of grand festival; a grand gala; a great communion of Vaishnavas singing kirtan (কীর্তন) songs and eating together. 5)

(p. 839) mara mortal; perishable. ̃জগত্ n. the perishable or mortal world; the earth. ̃জীবন n. mortal life. ̃দেহ n. the perishable body, the mortal frame. ̃মানব n. mortal man, a mortal. 54)

(p. 847) mahīndra, mahīpati, mahīpāla a king. 37)

(p. 872) mukhācchādana a cover or veil for the face, a face-cover; (of a corpse) a face-cloth. 4)

(p. 838) manōbyādhi a mental disease; psychoneurosis; psychosis. গ্রস্ত a. mentally diseased; psychoneurotic; psychotic. মনোব্যাধির চিকিত্সক a psychiatrist. মনোব্যাধির চিকিত্সা psychiatry. 22)

(p. 843) marā2 to die; (of trees etc.) to wither; to be ruined (চাকরি গেলে মরবে); to be extremely troubled or afflicted (ভেবে মরা); to be strongly seized with (লজ্জায় মরা); to suffer or be punished (বদমাশি করলে মরবে); to dry up, to silt up (নদী মরা); to be allayed, to abate (ব্যথা মরা); to decrease (তেজ মরা); to weaken (পেট মরা); to be spiritless (অভাবে মরে থাকা); to be out (বাতাসে আলো গেল মরে). a. dead; withered; dried up, silted up; allayed, abated; decreased; weak or weakened; utterly spiritless; extinct; dim. অনাহারে মরা v. to die of hunger, to starve; to famish. মরমে মরা v. to be extremely mortified or ashamed. মরতে মরতে বাঁচা v. to come back from the jaws of death. মরে বাঁচা v. to be relieved from suffering by death. মরে মরে impairing one's health utterly; with utmost strain and difficulty. জীয়ন্তে মরা more dead than alive. মরা নাড়ি, মরা পেট stomach weakened on account of continued under-feeding. 2)

(p. 852) māṇabaka a (male) child; a manikin, a dwarf. 46)

(p. 851) mahēśa, mahēśbara Shiva (শিব), the god of gods. মহেশপুরী n. Kailasa (কৈলাস), the city or abode of Mahesha (মহেশ) মহেশী, মহেশ্বরী n. fem. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা), the wife of Mahesha (মহেশ) 3)

(p. 852) mātrā amount, measure, degree (শীতের মাত্রা); a dose (ওষুধের মাত্রা); limit (মাত্রাহীন লোভ); a horizontal straight line put over the consonants and some vowels of the Bengali alphabet; either of the measures long and short into which the letters of the alphabet are grouped; (pros.) a unit for measuring syllables (esp. in Sanskrit verses); a unit of division in Indian musical measure; (math.) dimension; (phys.) mass; (phys.) a unit of measure. মাত্রা ছাড়ানো v. to go beyond the limit of (decency etc.) ̃জ্ঞান, ̃বোধ n. sense of proportion. ̃তত্ত্ব n. (med.) posology. ̃বৃত্ত n. (pros.) a system of metrical measure depending on differentiating alphabetical letters into long and short. ̃হীন a. limitless, boundless. 65)

(p. 852) mātalāmi, mātalāmō drunken revel or revelry, riotous drunkenness. 54)

(p. 872) muḍ়ki parched paddy coated with boiled sugar or molasses. 31)