(p. 829) maṅgala well-being, weal, welfare, good, benefit; the Mars; Tuesday; a kind of Bengali epic poems about popular deities (usu. মঙ্গলকাব্য). মঙ্গল করা v. to do good to. ̃কর a. auspicious, propitious; doing good. ̃কামনা n. good wishes. ̃কামী a. well-wishing. মঙ্গলকামী ব্যক্তি a well-wisher. ̃কারী a. & n. one who does good to others. fem. ˜কারিণী । ̃গীত n. a song narrating the glory of a deity. ̃গ্রহ n. the Mars. ̃ঘট n. a consecrated pitcher placed in a house to win divine favour. ̃চন্ডী n. a manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃জনক, ̃দায়ক same as ̃কর । fem. ̃দায়িকা । ̃বার n. Tuesday. ̃ময় a. benign, benignant, gracious, doing good, auspicious. n. God. fem. ̃ময়ী । ̃সংবাদ ̃সমাচার n. news of wellbeing; good news; (Christ.) gospel. ̃সূত্র n. a sacred or consecrated thread or string worn on the neck by woman. মঙ্গলা n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). মঙ্গলাকর n. a mine of good. মঙ্গলাকাঙ্ক্ষা same as ̃কামনা । মঙ্গলাকাঙ্ক্ষী same as ̃কামী । fem. মঙ্গলাকাঙ্ক্ষিণী । মঙ্গলাচারণ, মঙ্গলাচার n. a prayer, to obtain divine benison on the eve of commencing work or in the beginning of a drama, poem etc.; any rite performed for the welfare of the votary. মঙ্গলামঙ্গল n. good and evil, weal and woe. মঙ্গলারতি n. the ceremonial waving of lights before an idol. মঙ্গলার্থে adv. for the good or welfare of. মঙ্গল্য var. of মাঙ্গলিক । 2)

(p. 866) mithyuka given to telling lies, untruthful. n. a liar. 11)

(p. 872) muci1 a crucible; a tiny saucer-shaped earthen vessel; a green coconut (recently grown) within which there is no water and no kernel). 23)

(p. 846) masijībī one who earn's one's living by writing books, pamphlets, articles etc.; a writer; a scribe; a journalist; an office-clerk, (coll.) a pen-pusher. 14)

(p. 862) mārkasabāda Marxism, the theory of Karl Marx. 9)

(p. 852) mā-gōm̐sāi the wife of a religious preceptor, a religious preceptress; (facet) a very harmless, innocent and ineffective person. 15)

(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. 846) maśāla a torch; a flambeau; a link. মশালচি n. a torch-bearer; a linkman, a linkboy. 8)

(p. 831) matpraṇīta written or compiled or composed by me. 22)

(p. 852) mādi (esp. of inferior creatures) female, (cp.) she- (মাদি কুকুর). 76)

(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. 882) mōca a nib (of a pen); a point (of a pencil); a moustache. মোচে তা দেওয়া to twist moustache to make it curl. 8)

(p. 862) mārā to kill; to strike, to hit (বল মারা); to beat, to flog; to drive in, to pierce (ছুরি মারা = to stab); to strike with (চাবুক মারা); to deal (ঘুসি মারা = to deal one a blow); to afflict or distress (কথায় মারা); to ruin (চুরিটায় আমাকে মেরেছে); to destroy, to exterminate, to eradicate (বিষ মারা); to dry or dehydrate (রস মারা); to implant, to drive in (পেরেক মারা); to affix (টিকিট মারা); to sew up (তালি মারা); to paste (লেবেল মারা); to close up, to fill up (ফাঁক মারা); to rob, to pick (পকেট মারা); to obtain by unfair means, to misappropriate, to defalcate (টাকা মারা); to win or earn esp. by a fluke (লটারি মারা); to deprive of (অন্ন মারা, রুজি মারা); to cause to lose (জাত মারা); (inf.) to eat or gobble (ভাত মারা); to shout (হাঁক মারা); to give out, to emit (জেল্লা মারা); to block, to obstruct (পথ মারা); to blunt, to dull (ধার মারা, কোণ মারা); to tuck (মালকোঁচা মারা); (inf.) to score (গোল মারা); to adopt, to have recourse to, to exhibit (চাল মারা). চাল মারা see চাল3 । মারা পড়া, মারা যাওয়া v. to be killed; to die; to be lost (বহু টাকা মারা গেছে) । 2)

(p. 864) māsabhara throughout the month. 19)

(p. 872) mujarima a criminal. 27)