দীক্ষা : (p. 500) dīkṣā admission with rite (as to a religious practice or order, a secret society etc.), initiation; employment in service of some sacred cause (স্বাধীনতার মন্ত্রে দীক্ষা); an instruction or teaching; a sacrament; an inspiration; (dero.) an instigation. দীক্ষা দেওয়া v. to initiate; to convert (মুসলমানধর্মে দীক্ষা দেওয়া); to baptize (খ্রিস্টধর্মে দীক্ষা নেওয়া); to teach, to indoctrinate (into a subject); to employ. দীক্ষা পাওয়া, দীক্ষা নেওয়া v. to be initiated; to be converted; to be baptized; to be taught or indoctrinated, to learn; to be employed. ̃গুরু n. an initiator; a guru or preceptor who has initiated. ̃গ্রহণ n. act of receiving initiation. দীক্ষা গ্রহণ করা v. to be initiated. ̃মন্ত্র n. a mysterious formula that a person is taught at initiation. 21)

(p. 485) dalāimalāi act of currying (a horse); act of massaging (a human being); (fig.) strenuous and continuous effort. দলাইমলাই করা v. to curry; to massage; (fig.) to make strenuous and continued effort. 66)

(p. 517) dēśādhipati the ruler of a country; a king. 25)

(p. 508) dēbātmā godlike; divine; holy. 136)

(p. 495) dābā2 (the game of) chess; the queen (of chess). দাবা খেলা v. to play chess. দাবার ছক a chess-board. দাবার ঘুঁটি a chessman. 13)

(p. 497) digdiganta all quarters or directions of the globe; all regions or places. দিগ্দিগন্তর n. different quarters or directions of the globe; different regions or places. দিগ্দিগন্তে, দিগ্দিগন্তরে adv. everywhere, far and near, far and wide. 21)

(p. 485) dān̐ḍ়kāka the raven, the jackdaw, the rook. 109)

(p. 485) dahā to burn or be burned; to scorch or be scorched; to inflame or be inflamed; (fig.) to afflict or be afflicted. 98)

(p. 485) dampati, dampatī a husband and a wife, a male and a female creature, a couple. 10)

(p. 517) dōlanā a rocking cradle, a swing.

(p. 481) daḍ় strong, hard, steady; stiff; firm; strong; sharp (মুখে দড়); stronger, harder, stiffer (বাঁশের চেয়ে ক়ঞ্চি দড়); able, competent (কাজে দড়). 17)

(p. 517) dēẏāsini a votaress or female worshipper; a nun; a woman versed in mystic incantations. 18)

(p. 508) dēnamōhara (Mus.) the marriage portion or dower that a husband has to allot for his wife at wedding. 129)

(p. 492) dākṣāẏaṇī a daughter of Daksha (দক্ষ) an appellation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) in her previous birth (see সতী). 8)

(p. 495) dābadagdha burnt in a forest-fire. 9)

(p. 505) duẏō2 unfortunate; wretched; (only fem.) neglected by one's husband. ̃রানি n. a queen neglected by her royal husband who is infatuated by his other wife or wives.