(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. 864) māsānta the last day of a month or near about it. মাসান্তিক a. of or about the end of a month, that which happens at the end of a month. 23)

(p. 843) marga a morgue. 17)

(p. 831) madhyōccagamana (astr.) upper culmination. 54)

(p. 874) musammata (Mus.) an appellation affixed to the names of Muslim women, (cp.) Miss, Mrs. 41)

(p. 863) mālā1 a fisherman by caste. 14)

(p. 865) mita temperate; moderate; restricted; abstemious. 18)

(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. 852) māṭāma a try-square, a trying-square. ̃সই a. placed or set at right angle, perpendicular. 37)

(p. 879) mēthara a cleanser of filth and nightsoil; a scavenger, a sweeper. fem. মেথরানি । ̃গিরি n. the profession of the aforesaid cleanser or sweeper; scavenging. 23)

(p. 851) mahēndra Indra ইন্দ্র, the king of gods, Indra the Great; a mythological mountain range identified with the Eastern Ghats. ̃পুরী, ̃ভবন n. the city or residence of Mahendra (মহেন্দ্র). মহেন্দ্রাণী. n. fem. Sachi (শচী), the wife of Mahendra (মহেন্দ্র). 2)

(p. 851) māṃsa flesh; meat. গোমাংস n. beef. ছাগমাংস n. goat's meat. পাখির মাংস n. fowl. বাছুরের মাংস n. veal. মুরগির মাংস n. fowl, (loos.) chicken. মেষমাংস n. mutton. শুয়োরের মাংস n. pork. হরিণের মাংস n. venison. মাংসের দোকান a meat-shop, a butcher's shop, a shamble, a butchery. মাংসের বাজার a meat-market; a fleshmarket. ̃তুল্য a. flesh-like; meaty. ̃পেশি n. muscle. ̃বিক্রেতা n. a meatseller, a butcher. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. growth of flesh; accumulation of fat; adiposity. ̃ল a. fleshy, plump, fatty, adipose. মাংসাশী a. meat-eating; carnivorous. 25)

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

(p. 839) maẏūra the peacock. ̃কন্ঠী a. peacockblue. n. a peacock-blue sari or shawl. ̃চূড়া, ̃শিখা n. peacock's crest. ̃পঙ্খি n. a boat shaped like a peacock. ̃পাখা n. a hand-fan made of the feathers of a peacock's tail. ̃পুচ্ছ n. the peacock's tail or feather. ̃শাবক n. a pea-chick. ময়ূরী n. fem. the pea-hen. 53)

(p. 885) maurbī a bowstring (esp. one made of the bowstring hemp). 14)