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मउलेंति (मुकुलन्ति) (203.381) denom. from मउल (Sk. मुकुल) a bud. मज्जिरी (fem. of मज्जिर) = मज्जनशीला (638.169) (A lady) who has had a bath (lit. is
given to bathing). मज्झ (मध्य) (241.93) waist. मडअ (मृतक) (10.341) a dead person, corpse. मडह d (लघु) (1318.284) short. Read Desi. pp. 220-21: लहुम्मि मडहं च । मडहं लघु । मण्णु (मन्यु) (252.95) a lapse, offence. मण्णुअ (मन्युक) (190.81) a lapse, offence. मम्मणुल्लाव (मन्मनोल्लाप) (6.530) indistinct babble, lisping words (of children); For मम्मण .
read H. 8.2.61: न्मो म : । न्मस्य मो भवति । अधोलोपापवाद :! ---मम्मणा मम्मरअ (मर्मरक) (839.201) (onomat.) rustling (as leaves or garments), murmuring a rustling sound. . मरुभूमी (मरुभूमि:) (35.552) a desert, a sandy desert, but मरुभू (plu.) the country called
Marwar. मलअ-गंधवह (152.72) the southern breeze from the Malaya mountain. मल्ल (मल्ल = समर्थ) (22.33) victorious, triumphant, a match for, very strong or powerful. मलिअ d (मलिन) (697.178) unclean, soiled, stained. मसि (मषी) (166.76) "soot formed on the bottoms of cooking utensils". - MVP. महग्घविअ (= महार्घित, पूजित, संमानित) (194.82 ; 25.516) honoured, prized. महमहंत (-लावण्ण) d (pres. part. of महमह) = प्रसरत् (-लावण्यम्) (63.435) ever-new (lit.
spreading). Read H. 8.4.78 : महमहो गंधे। प्रसरतेर्गन्धविषये महमह इत्यादेशो वा भवति । महमहइ मालई । मालई-गंधो पसरइ । गन्ध इति किम् । पसरइ । With reference to lāvanya', however, it would be better to interpret it as 'नवनवीभवल्लावण्याम्' the young maiden whose beauty presents ever newer and
newer forms. महाणस-कम्म (महानस-कर्म) (166.76) work (of cooking food) to be done in the kitchen.
