(p. 878) mṛdu soft, supple, delicate; slight, gentle; not heavy, light; slow; dim, tender; not loud, low; temperate (মৃদু তাপ); mild, meek, effeminate (মৃদু স্বভাব); noiseless, stealthy (মৃদু চরণে); not sharp or keen (মৃদু ধার, মৃদু বুদ্ধি). ̃তা n. softness; gentleness; mildness, tenderness. ̃গতি same as ̃গামী । ̃গতিতে adv. with a slow or gentle motion. moving gently. ̃গমনা same as ̃গামিনী । ̃গম্ভীর a. low and deep, rumbling (মৃদুগম্ভীর স্বর বা ধ্বনি). ̃গামী a. slowly going or moving; softly or stealthily going or moving. fem. ̃গামিনী । ̃জল (chem.) soft water. ̃পবন, ̃বায়ু n. a gentle breeze, (naut.) a cat's-paw. ̃ভাষী a. soft-spoken. ̃মন্দ a. gently and pleasantly moving (মৃদুমন্দ বাতাস); low and sweet (মৃদুমন্দ ধ্বনি); slow; (iron.) light but sharp (মৃদুমন্দ আঘাত) adv. moving gently and pleasantly; gently and pleasantly; in a low and sweet manner; slowly; (iron.) lightly but sharply. ̃রোমশ a. (bot.) downy. ̃স্পর্শ a. soft to the touch. n. gentle touch. ̃স্বভাব a. of a gentle nature. n. gentle nature. ̃স্বর n. low voice. ̃স্বরে adv. in a low voice, in a whisper. 8)

(p. 852) mātula a mother's brother or cousinbrother, a maternal uncle. fem. মাতুলানী, মাতুলী the wife of a maternal uncle. মাতুলালয় n. the home or residence of a maternal uncle. 63)

(p. 852) māra1 death, destruction (সত্যের মার নেই); loss (টাকা মার খাওয়া বা যাওয়া). মার যাওয়া v. to be lost. 149)

(p. 852) mādrāsā a madrasa, a madrasah. 81)

(p. 831) madya wine. ̃প, ̃পায়ী a. addicted to drinking wine. n. a drunkard; a boozer. ̃বিক্রেতা n. a vintner, a wine merchant. মদ্যাসক্তি n. addiction to wine; addiction to drinking; booziness. 42)

(p. 839) manōrañjaka entertaining the mind, pleasant; adulatory; flattering. 6)

(p. 839) mantraṇa, mantraṇā (usu. private) discussion, conference; consultation; counsel, advice; designing; a design; instigation; an intrigue. মন্ত্রণা করা v. to discuss or confer (usu. in private); to consult; to design, to play; to intrigue. মন্ত্রণাগৃহ n. a private room or house for consultation; privy-council, a cabinet; a council chamber. মন্ত্রণাদাতা n. an adviser; a counsellor; an instigator. fem. মন্ত্রণাদাত্রী । মন্ত্রণাপরিষদ n. advisory council. মন্ত্রণাভবন same as মন্ত্রণাগৃহ । 15)

(p. 831) madhyōnnati (astr.) the meridian altitude. 55)

(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. 839) mandākrāntā a metre of Sanskrit poetry. 28)

(p. 885) maujā a village; a group or block of villages regarded as an administrative unit (cp. a county). 6)

(p. 852) mātana maddened state; act of running amuck; frenzy; madness; (of elephants etc.) must; state of being beside oneself; absorption; feverish enthusiasm; excitement; revelry; a revel-rout; fermentation. 52)

(p. 876) mūrchanā (mus.) a gradual modulation or rise and fall of voice; (mus.) a sweet tremor of voice. 5)

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