මධ්‍ය·මණ්ඩලය, n. central region: මධ්‍යදේශය. According to Buddhists, the centre of the‍ Universe, viz. the middle of Jambudwipa. It was in this region—South Behar—that Gautama assumed Buddhaship and where the sacred bo tree stood and the kusa grass Previous page Next page Back to the Search Page   |   Back to the DDSA Page Charles Carter: A Sinhalese-English dictionary. Previous page Next page -- 476 -- became a throne and seat for his repose, and where he began his career of proclaiming his doctrines to the world.

මණිරත්නය, n. (මණ්ඩ ornament), B. the second of the four kalpse or grand periods. They are named from the number of Buddhas born in them. In the මණ්ඩකල්පය two appeared, in the present or භද්‍රකල්පය there are to be five: see භද්‍රකල්පය.

මුකළ·කපු, n. a kind of cotton, gossypium.

මා·උදේ, n. or ad. (fr. මහඋදේ), very early morning; very early in the morning.

මිශ්‍ර·ව්‍යවහාරය, n. arith. the rule of practice.

මුස්ස, n. horripilation or erection of the hair supposed to arise from great pleasure or pain.

මල්මී,මල්·මුව·රද, n. nectar of flowers, මල් පැණි.

මරාරය, n. granary, අටුව.

මුර්‍තතී·විපර්‍ය්‍යාස·විස්තරය, n. biol. explanation of the change of form, morphology.

මදුරට, මද්‍ර·දේශය, n. district of Madras.