(p. 839) maraṇa death; decease; demise. মরণ আর কী it's death indeed; an expression of shame or mild rebuke; (cp.) hell. ̃কামড় n. the last and severest bite of a creature struggling against death; a dying person's last and most desperate attempt. ̃কাল n. the time of death, dying moments. মরণকালে হরিনাম (fig.) fruitless repentance for one's wickedness when one is dying, (cp.) death-bed repentance; (fig.) futile effort at the eleventh hour when almost all is lost. ̃দশা n. the last stage; the last gasp; utter ruin. int. same as মরণ আর কী । মরণদশায় ধরা v. to be in the state of ruining oneself; seized with a passion that would ruin oneself. মরণবাড় বাড়া v. to become excessively vainglorious or haughty only to bring about one's fall. ̃শীল a. mortal. ̃শীলতা n. mortality. ̃হীন a. deathless, immortal. মরনাপন্ন a. in the clutches of death, dying; moribund. fem. মরণাপন্না । মরণাপন্নতা n. the dying condition; the last gasp; the last stage. মরণাশৌচ n. personal impurity caused by the death of a relative. মরণোন্মুখ a. about to die, at death's door, dying, moribund. 58)

(p. 852) māta1 thoroughly maddened or overwhelmed (নেশায় মাত) or charmed or captivated (গানে মাত, আসর মাত) or replete or pervaded (গন্ধে মাত). মাত করা. v. to madden or overwhelm or charm or captivate or replete or pervade thoroughly. 48)

(p. 864) māsapaẏalā the first day of a month; calends. 17)

(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. 852) māṭakalāi groundnut, monkey-nut, earth-nut. 34)

(p. 882) mōḍ়la a village headman; (facet.) a leader; the foreman of a group of workmen. 20)

(p. 879) mērudaṇḍa the backbone, the spine, the vertebral column; (fig.) strength or firmness of character. ̃হীন a. having no backbone, spineless, invertebrate; (fig.) lacking in strength of character. মেরুদণ্ডহীন প্রাণীবর্গ n. pl. the Invertebrata. মেরুদণ্ডী a. having a backbone or spine, vertebrate. মেরুদণ্ডী প্রাণীবর্গ n. pl. the Vertebrata. 41)

(p. 862) mārkasabādī a Marxist. a. Marxist, Marxian. 10)

(p. 852) mānana, mānanā honouring or respecting; cordial reception; obeying; believing; acknowledgement, owing admission; heading; observance; act of calling on or appealing to or citing; act of promising to offer in sacrifice, vowing. 102)

(p. 867) mīna fish; (astrol.) the Fishes, the Pisces (usu. মীনরাশি); (myth.) the first of the ten incarnations of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃কেতন, ̃ধ্বজ n. one whose standard bears the sign of a fish; Madan (মদন) the Hindu love-god. ̃পোষ n. pisciculture. মীনাক্ষ a. having piscine eyes. মীনাক্ষী a. fem. of মীনাক্ষ a female deity of Deccan. 31)

(p. 867) mihidānā a kind of sweetmeat consisting of very small globules. 29)

(p. 867) miśra mixed, blended; united; hybrid (মিশ্র জাতি); (math. & sc.) compound (মিশ্রভগ্নাংশ, মিশ্রযোগ). □ n. a mixture; (sc.) a compound. ̃ক n. a compounder; an ingredient of a compound. মিশ্রকবিদ্যা n. the art of compounding medicines. ̃পদার্থ n. a mixture; (sc.) a compound. ̃বর্ণ a. variegated. ̃সুর n. (mus.) a hybrid tune or mode. ̃ধাতু n. an alloy. 20)

(p. 867) mukhaṭi2 a lid, a cap, a cork, a stopper (as of a bottle etc.). 44)

(p. 879) mēlāmēśā intimancy; association; close relationship. 50)

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