مـﮩاکال महाकाल mahā-kāl S s. m. A name or rather a form of Siva, in his character of the destroying deity, being then represented of a black colour and of an aspect more or less ter- rifick. (Siva or Mahākāla may be considered as a personification of time that destroys all things).

مطعون mat̤ʼūﻌn A (part. pass. of طعن Heb. and Aram. ) adj. Reproached, chidden.

مدارا mudārā A. s. m. (inf. III. of درأ or دري) 1. Humility, humanity, politeness, affability, courtesy. 2. Deceit, circumvention, dissimulation.

مناجات munājāt A (inf. III. of نجو) s. f. Prayer, supplication.

مثل mas̤al A (Heb. ) s. f. 1. Fable, allegory, parable simile, metaphor, proverb, apologue.

مخافات maḵẖāfāt A s. plur. (of مخافة) Dreads, terrours.

موجب mūjib A (part. act. IV. of وجب) s. m. Cause, reason, motive, account.

مينـﮩدي meṅhdī S̱. (Sans. मेन्धी) s. f. The name of a plant from the leaves of which a red die is prepared, with which the natives stain their hands and feet. (Lawsonia inermis).

مڙي maṛī H s. (dakh.) Border (in a garden).

مشار mushār A (part. pass. IV. of شور) adj. Sig- nified, indicated. مشاراليه mushāruṉ-ilaihi, Above-mentioned, aforesaid, said.