මලායනවා, v. i. to wither, fade, මැලවෙනවා.

මහා·සාරය, n. (සාරය wealth), the supposed vast wealth of the three highest H. castes: that of the royal or military, that of the priestly and that of the Vellāla or agricultural. The first is said to be at least 100 kótis (1000 millions) of kahāpanas, which, if of gold, is more than 1000 million pounds sterling; the second is half that amount and the third half the amount of the second.

මධ්‍ය·ප්‍රමාණය, n. the mean degree, the mean, මද්දිම තරම.

මහේන්‍ද්‍ර නගරිය, n. (මහා·ඉන්‍ද්‍ර), great Indra's city, අමරාවතිය the capital of Indra and abode of the immortals.

මරු·තැන්, n. pl. See මරහන්දි.

මොට්ටුව, n. flower bud; knob.

මෞහුතර්‍තයා, මෞහුර්‍තතිකයා, n. See මුහුර්‍තයා.

මල්·තැළුම, n. flower-beater, viz. heavy piece of wood to tap the coconut spathe before extracting toddy, the act of tapping the spathe.

ම, n. The last letter—the nasal—of the fifth class of consonants, corresponding to the letter M.

මුව·තැබ, n. lit. deer-navel, viz. musk, which is contained in a bag near the navel, කස්තුරි.