මහා·ප්‍රලය, n. (H. myth.), the great destruction, viz. the destruction of the world after every 432 millions of years. After 100 renovations comes the annihilation of the whole universe, including gods, demons, men &c.

මණි·කෛ·වඩම, n. bangle of gems or jewels, මැණික් අත්වළල්ල.

මෘගේන්‍ද්‍රයා, n. (මෘග ඉන්‍ද්‍රයා), lord of beasts, viz. lion.

මල්වරු, n. (වරු for කරු): See මල්කරුවා.

මුඛ·කෙශය, n. vibrissa, කටකෙන්ද; pl. මුඛ කේශ, කටකෙඳි, vibrissæ.

මිලය, n. the price, money.

මධ්‍යාහනය, n. midday, noon, මද්දහන, ඉරමුදුන් වේලාව.

මගෙන්, මගේ, pron. abl. and gen. of මම: from or by me; my.

මන්දෝක්ත, a. (මන්ද උක්ත), insufficiently expressed, inexpressive. E. S.

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.