(p. 500) dīpāgāra the lighthouse. 30)

(p. 522) draḍh়iṣṭha hardest; stiffest; toughest; most firm; steadiest; very hard or stiff or tough or firm or steady. fem. দ্রঢ়িষ্ঠা । 96)

(p. 497) digaṃśa azimuth. 17)

(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. 495) dāmaḍ়ā a castrated ox or bull, a bullock (also দা়মড়া গোরু). দামড়া-ঘোড়া n. a gelding. 20)

(p. 485) daragā (Mus.) a mausoleum of a holy saint. 26)

(p. 485) dāōẏā1 a verandah, a gallery; a terrace. 103)

(p. 508) dūṣaṇa imputation of blame; fault-finding; carping; corruption; defilement; pollution. a. (chiefly used as a sfx.) blaming; fault-finding; carping; defiling; corrupting; polluting. 89)

(p. 508) duśchēdya difficult to cut off or sever; difficult to tear off or separate. 60)

(p. 508) dēbara a younger brother of one's husband, a brother-in-law. 133)

(p. 522) dbaibidhya twofoldness; duality. 74)

(p. 522) dyōtaka indicating, expressing; expressive or suggestive (of); signifying; inspiring; enlightening, illumining. 93)

(p. 495) dārōgā an inspector or sub-inspector or assistant sub-inspector of police. বড় দারোগা an inspector or sub-inspector in command of a police station, an officer-in-charge of a police station. ছোট দারোগা a sub-inspector (or an assistant sub-inspector of police) who is the second in command of a police station. 52)

(p. 492) dākṣiṇātya of the southern part of a country; of the Deccan. n. (inc. but pop.) the Deccan. 9)

(p. 481) daḍ়i a cord, a string; a halter (ফাঁসির দড়ি a fillet (চুল-বাঁধা দড়ি). দড়ি ছেঁড়া v. to snap a string; to get loose from bonds or bondage; to escape from captivity or control. ̃ছেঁড়া a. got loosened from bonds or bondage; (fig.) out of captivity; (fig.) unrestrained. ̃দড়া n. strings and ropes, cordage. দড়ি দেওয়া v. (lit.) to give a piece of string; to put a halter round one's neck; to hang. দড়ি পাকানো v. to twist ropes and cords, to make ropes and cords. ̃কলসি n. a piece of cord and a pitcher: equipment for committing suicide (one may drown oneself by tying a pitcher full of water to one's neck with a piece of cord). তোমার দড়ি-কলসি জোটে না (in curses and scolding) go, get yourself drowned. তোমার গলায় দড়ি (in curses and scolding) go, hang yourself. ভেবে ভেবে দড়ি হওয়া to be reduced to a skeleton or be emaciated through worries and anxieties. 21)