මාදිරිය, මාදිළිය, n. T., pattern, example, manner, ආදෘශය, sample, specimen, class, kind, මෝස්තරය, වර්‍ගය.

මසුරු·මල, n. lit. dirt of covetousness; great niggardliness.

මර්‍ෂණ, a. patient, resigned, ඉවසිලිවන්ත,යටත් වෙන.

මුර්ඛයා, n. mas. stupid or silly person, මෝඩයා.

මේරූ·පර්‍වතය, මේරුව, n. the mountain Maha, Meru in the centre of a chakkavala (සක්වළ) 168,000 yoduns or more than two million miles high, one half of which is below the surface of the earth. On its top is the heaven of the Tavatinsa Gods and at its base dwell the Asuras.

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.

මන්, a. Er. for මං: road-.

මාරක·පීනස, මාරක·ප්‍රතිශ්‍යාව, n. influenza. E.S.

මෝදය, n. delight, joy, ප්‍රීතිමත්කම; fragrance, සුවඳ.

මුංපියල්ල, n. a lobe of green pea; pl. මුංපියලි.