(p. 522) dbyaṅgula measuring two fingers. 82)

(p. 505) dum expressing : a banging or booming or thudding noise. দুম্ করে with a thud. দুম্দুম্, দুমাদুম int. expressing : repeated banging or booming of thudding noise. 12)

(p. 522) dbyakṣara consisting of two letters, twolettered; consisting of two syllables, disyllabic. n. a two-lettered incantation. 81)

(p. 481) dakṣiṇācāra a system of Tantric (তান্ত্রিক) rituals. দক্ষিণাচারী a. & n. one who follows this system. 2)

(p. 508) dēbāśrita protected or patronized by a god or gods, under a god's protection or care; in a god's favour or good grace.

(p. 485) dastā zinc. দস্তার চাদর a zinc sheet. 86)

(p. 508) durbatsara an inauspicious year; a year of scarcity or famine or hardship; a bad or troublesome year. 10)

(p. 485) dastaka a summons, a warrant; a permit; a warrant of distress or arrest. 84)

(p. 500) dibyōdaka celestial water; holy water. 11)

(p. 500) dibyāstra a god's weapon; a divine weapon. 10)

(p. 484) dabadabā . the height of power, prosperity and prestige; pomp and splendour. 10)

(p. 485) dalā2 to press or knead; (loos.) to trample under foot, to tread over, to chastise, to repress, to subdue, to coerce, to quell. পায়ে দলা v. to trample under foot, to tread over. 65)

(p. 522) dbāra a door; a gate; an entrance, a doorway; a gateway; a portico. ̃দেশ, ̃প্রান্ত n. the proximity of a gate or door; doorway, doorstep, gateway, portal; entrance. ̃দেশে, ̃প্রান্তে adv. at the door or gate or portal. ̃পাল, ̃পালক, ̃বান, ̃রক্ষক, ̃রক্ষী n. a doorkeeper, a gateman, a janitor (fem. : a janitress), a porter (fem. : a porteress, a portress). দ্বার রোধ করা v. to obstruct the door, to block up the door to make it impossible to pass. ̃স্হ a. standing or lying or situated at the gate; (humbly) waiting or begging at another's gate; to supplicate; seeking help from another (অসুবিধেয় পড়ে আপনার দ্বারস্হ হয়েছি). দ্বারে দ্বারে from door to door. 46)

(p. 485) darakacā, darakān̐cā partly ripe, imperfectly mellowed; (of vegetables, meat etc.) refusing to be thoroughly softened by boiling; (of skin etc.) stricken with callosity. 22)

(p. 508) durbhikṣa (lit. & obs.) a time when alms is scarce; (pop.) (a time of) scarcity, famine; extreme want or shortage. ̃পীড়িত a. famine-stricken. 33)