(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. 508) dula an ear-drop or earring. 47)

(p. 505) duni a long canoe-shaped bucket for bailing out water. 7)

(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. 495) dāpādāpi bragging or fretting repeatedly; bustling or fussing or bullying with a show of authority; romping noisily. দাপাদাপি করা same as দাপানো । 2)

(p. 480) dakṣiṇa the south; the right hand side, the right. a. southern, south; Antarctic; dexter, right (দক্ষিণ হস্ত); favourable, pleased, graceful (রুদ্রের দক্ষিণ মুখ); (rhet.) a gallant who can love several women equally at the same time. অয়নান্ত n. winter solstice. ̃কালিকা, দক্ষিণাকালী n. a manifestation of Goddess Kali (কালী). ̃পন্হী a. rightist. n. a rightist in politics. দক্ষিণ-পশ্চিম n. & a. south-west. □ a. south-western. দক্ষিণ-পূর্ব n. & a. south-east. □ a. southeastern. ̃মেরু n. the South Pole. ̃মেরু অঞ্চল the Antarctic. ̃হস্ত n. the right hand; (fig.) the principal support or helper, one's right-hand man. দক্ষিণহস্তের ব্যাপার the affair or business of taking one's meal, eating. 17)

(p. 517) dōẏēla the magpie robin of Bengal. 80)

(p. 508) dēiji a kinsman, a blood-relation. দেউজি-শত্রুতা bloodfeud, vendetta. 105)

(p. 485) damā to be subdued or restrained or repressed or suppressed or coerced; (of diseases etc.) to be removed or abated or mitigated, to subside; (of place etc.) to sink to a lower level; to become dejected or depressed or downcast (লোকসান খেয়ে সে বড় দমে গেছে). a. depressed, sunk, downcast. দমানো v. to subdue, to restrain, to repress, to suppress, to coerce; to remove, to abate, to mitigate; to depress; to deject. a. depressed, sunk. 8)

(p. 499) dighi a large and deep tank or pond. 5)

(p. 522) dōṣaikadarśī, dōṣaikadṛk given only to counting demerits; cynical. 17)

(p. 495) dāmpatya conjugal, nuptial. n. conjugal relation, conjugality; conjugal love. ̃প্রণয়, ̃প্রেম n. mutual love between husband and wife, conjugal love. 25)

(p. 485) dariẏā a sea; an ocean; a bay; a river (usu. a large one). 45)

(p. 485) darśā to be seen, to show result (সুফল দর্শে). দর্শানো v. to show; to exhibit; to cause. 58)

(p. 481) dakṣiṇāñcala the mythological southern mountain, the Malaya; the Antarctic Mountain. 3)