(p. 540) dhāraka one who or that which holds or contains or bears or carries; one who assists and corrects a reader of scriptures at a ritual; one who makes another recite mantras, that is scriptural verses; (an) astringent. ̃তা n. capacity; astringency. ̃ত্ব n. capacity. 16)

(p. 529) dhaḍ়maḍ় expressing: sudden bustle or flutter or hurry. 8)

(p. 532) dharana manner, method, way (কাজের ধরন); condition, state, (রোগীর ধরন); working, behaviour (মুখের ধরন); appearance, look, cut (পোশাকের ধরন); the style, fashion (লোকটার ধরন সন্দেহজনক); bearing, deportment (লোকটার ধরন সন্দেহজনক) n. pl. or collec. form of ধরন । 7)

(p. 545) dhyāta meditated upon; recollected; remembered. ধ্যাতব্য a. deserving or fit to be meditated upon or recollected or remembered. ধ্যাতা a. & n. one who meditates or recollects or remembers. 40)

(p. 532) dharā2 to hold with the hand (বইখানা ধরো); to catch (বলটা ছুড়ে দিচ্ছি-ধরো); to hold, to seize; to take (এই ভিক্ষা দিলাম-ধরো); to touch (চোর-চোর খেলায় বুড়ি ধরা, বাচ্ছাটা যেন গরম দুধটা না ধরে); to reach (হাত দিয়ে চাঁদ ধরা); to overtake (যতই জোরে যাও-তোমাকে ধরব); to arrest, to apprehend, to capture (চোর ধরা); to entrap, to catch (বাঘ ধরা, মাছ ধরা); to restrain, to check; to hold (পাখিটাকে ধরো নইলে পালিয়ে যাবে); to contain, to hold, to accommodate (পাত্রে জল ধরা, ঘরে লোক ধরা); to bear (গাছে ফল ধরা); to carry, to bear (গর্ভে ধরা); to cherish (অন্তরে উচ্চাশা ধরা); to wear, to put on (বেশ ধরা); to assume (মূর্তি ধরা); to take to, to resort to (লাঠি ধরা); to be obstinate about (গোঁ ধরা); to take up (অস্ত্র ধরা); to follow (পথ ধরা); to give support to (লোকটিকে ধরো নইলে পড়ে যাবে); to attack (ডাকাতে ধরা, রোগে ধরা); to affect or infect (চোখে চালশে ধরা, যক্ষায় ধরা); to ache (মাথা ধরা); to be benumbed (দাঁড়িয়ে থেকে থেকে পা ধরা); to infest or attack or damage or contact (পোকায় ধরা, মরচে ধরা); to accept, to take in (ছবিতে রং ধরা); to act upon successfully, to work (ওষুধ ধরা); to start practising (জুয়াচুরি ধরা); to be accustomed or addicted to (নেশা ধরা); to be under the influence of (নেশায় ধরা); to be stricken or affected with (শীতে বা ভয়ে ধরা); to catch or board or embark (তিনি মুম্বই থেকে জাহাজ ঝরবেন); to be in time to catch (এখন না গেলে ট্রেন ধরতে পারব না); to stop at, to touch (এ স্টেশনে মেল ট্রেন ধরে না); to terminate, to cease (বৃষ্টি ধরা); to commence, to begin, to start (গান ধরা); to find out, to detect (ভূল ধরা); to impose or assess (ট্যাক্স ধরা); to charge or fix or ascertain (দাম ধরা); to pronounce, to utter (ঈশ্বরের নাম ধরা); to declare, to stake or bet or bid (বাজি ধরা); to insist upon, to beseech (অনেক ধরে-করে); to sustain, to preserve, to maintain (প্রাণ করা); to run hoarse, to choke (ঠাম্ডায় গলা ধরা); to grasp, to make out, to understand, to comprehend (কথার অর্থ ধরা); to determine or discern (কার লেখা ধরা শক্ত); to take fire, to ignite (উনুন ধরা); to catch fire (আগুনের কাছ থেকে সরে যাও-কাপড় ধরে যাবে); to be set on (ঘরে আগুন ধরা); to adopt (সেলিম জাহাঙ্গির নাম ধরলেন); to test (পড়া ধরা); to be pleasing or acceptable to (মনে ধরা); to turn (চুলে পাক ধরা); to be under, to contact (টান ধরা); to count, to consider, to regard (মানুষের মধ্যে ধরা); to pay heed to, to listen to (আমার কথা ধরো); to be overfried or overdone (তরকারিটা ধরে গেছে) a. held; caught; seized; arrested, apprehended, captured; entrapped; contained; reserved or kept in a container; aching; terminated, ceased; commenced, started; found out, detected; seen through (চালাকি ধরা পড়েছে); declared or bidden; fixed or ascertained; run hoarse or choked; ignited; tested; one who or that which holds or catches (মাছ-ধরা জাল). ধরা-ছোঁয়া n. proximity; reach; tangibility; (fig.) comprehension or detection. ধরা-ছোঁয়ার বাইরে distant; beyond reach; intangible; (fig.) incomprehensible or beyond detection. ধরাছোঁয়ার মধ্যে proximate; within reach; tangible; (fig.) comprehensible or detectable. ধরানো v. to cause to hold or catch or seize or arrest or apprehend or entrap or contain or accommodate or wear or assume or take to or resort to or follow or take up or be attacked or ache or be dazed or be benumbed or contact or accept or work successfully or be accustomed to or addicted to or practise or board or embark or be in time to catch or terminate or commence or find out or detect or declare or bid or buy a ticket of or lie obstinately at or charge or fix or ascertain or run hoarse or choke or ignite or be set or adopt or test or be pleasing or acceptable to or turn or be under; to set to (ঘরে আগুন ধরানো). ̃ধরি n. persistent request; importunities; insistent solicitation; rounding up, arrests. ̃বাঁধা a. rigidly fixed; hard and fast; rigid; fixed. 11)

(p. 529) dhanicā a jute-like fibrous plant. 26)

(p. 540) dhāmā a hemispherical rattan-basket or wicker-basket or scuttle having no lid. ̃চাপা a. (fig.) concealed, hushed up, shelved. ̃চাপা দেওয়া v. to conceal, to hush up, to shelve. ধামা ধরা v. to fawn or cringe (upon). ̃ধরা a. cringing, fawning. n. a servile flatterer or sycophant or toady. 11)

(p. 529) dhanārjana earning of money; acquisition of wealth. 21)

(p. 529) dhaḍ় the body apart from the head and legs or limbs, the trunk, the torso; a truncated body. ধড়ে প্রাণ আসা (fig.) to recover or regain mental composure (as after a deadly or severe shock). 6)

(p. 532) dharā1 the earth, the world. ̃তল n. the surface or floor of the earth; the ground (মূর্ছিত হয়ে ধরাতলে পতন). ̃ধর n. a mountain. ̃ধাম n. earthly abode; the earth as an abode; the earth, the world. ̃পতি n. a king. ̃পৃষ্ঠ same as ধরাতল । ̃ভৃত্ n. a mountain. ̃শয়ন, ̃শয্যা n. the ground or the floor of the earth as bed, the bed of the earth or ground. ̃শায়ী a. lying prostrate on the ground; floored, knocked down. 10)

(p. 532) dhāōẏā to run; to run after, to chase hotly. ধাওয়া করা same as ধাওয়া । ধাওয়ানো v. to cause to run or chase; to chase away; to give a hot chase. 61)

(p. 540) dhāriṇī of ধারী2 । n. fem. the earth. 27)

(p. 542) dhīrōddhata (rhet.) a type of hero who is resourceful and usually gentle-natured but at times arrogant and vain. 12)

(p. 540) dhārmika pious, righteous, virtuous, godly; religious-minded. fem. (rare) ধার্মিকী, (loos. but pop.) ধার্মিকা । ̃তা n. piety, righteousness, virtuousness, godliness; religiosity. 31)

(p. 529) dhanika moneyed, wealthy, rich, affluent, opulent; capitalistic, capitalist. n. one who invests money in a business, an investor, a capitalist; a rich merchant, a merchant prince; a moneylender; a rich man. fem. ধনিকা a rich man's wife; a young and beautiful woman. ̃গোষ্ঠী, ̃সমাজ, ̃সম্প্রদায় n. the moneyed class, the capitalist class; the capitalist world. ̃তন্ত্র n. capitalistic or capitalist government; capitalism. 25)