(p. 545) dhrupada a style of Indian classical song. ধ্রুপদী a. & n. one who sings or is versed in singing dhrupad (ধ্রুপদ) songs. □ a. aristocratic; elevated; excellent; firstrate. ধ্রুপদী সাহিত্য classical literature. 44)

(p. 529) dhaṭi, dhaṭikā, dhaṭī loincloth; a piece of scanty loincloth (as worn by an ascetic or a wrestler); a piece of old or wornout cloth, a rag. 5)

(p. 532) dhānuki, dhānuṣka a bowman, an archer; a soldier fighting with bow and arrow. a. versed in archery; armed with bow and arrow. 80)

(p. 542) dhinadhina, dhina-tā-dhina key-words indicating the measure of a dance. 6)

(p. 540) dhārānō sharp, sharp-edged; keen. 25)

(p. 532) dhānyēśbarī (facet. & dero.) an inferior wine prepared from rice, rice-grog (coll. ধেনো). 84)

(p. 532) -dhara (used as a sfx.) bearing, carrying, holding ভূধর, শ্রীধর, হলধর. 2)

(p. 531) dhanbantari (Hindu myth.) the name of the physician of heaven; (fig.) an unfailing physician. 8)

(p. 532) dhāpa a step (as of a staircase); a stratum; a leap (দৌড়ধাপ). ধাপে ধাপে at every step; step by step; in a stratified manner; by degrees. 85)

(p. 532) dhātā God; Brahma (ব্রহ্মা); father. a & n. one who contains or bears or protects or creates or builds. 70)

(p. 532) dharatā (comm.) an extra amount given by the seller to the buyer to guard against any possible shortage during weighing; a word or words sung by the leading singer used as a cue for an associate singer or singers of a chorus song. 4)

(p. 540) dhāraẏitā one who or that which holds or catches or assumes or wears or puts on or bears or carries or places or retains in one's memory or remembers or accepts or retains or restrains. ধারয়িত্রি a. fem. of ধারয়িতা । n. the earth (esp. when conceived as the progenitrix of all creatures). 20)

(p. 543) dhuma overmuchness, abundance, excess, wantonness, redundance, surfeit (গঙ্গাস্নানের ধুম, বিলাসিতার ধুম, বক্তৃতার ধুম); éclat, pomp (এবার পুজোয় বড় ধুম). a. terrible, hard, thick (ধুম মারামারি). 16)

(p. 545) dhōkaḍ় rag; coarse cloth; a sack. কথার ধোকড় a chatter-box. মাকড় মারলে ধোকড় হয় (lit.) a spider when killed becomes a piece of rag; (fig.) what is a mortal sin for others is a venial offence for one's own self. 19)

(p. 532) dharmōpāsikā of ধর্মোপাসক । 45)