(p. 540) dhāra3 an edge, a border, a brim, a brink, a brow (পথের ধার, নদীর ধার, পাহাড়ের ধার); a side or face (এধারে, ওধারে); proximity, approach, contiguity, vicinity (বাড়ির ধারে, ধারেকাছে); sharpness, edge (ছুরির ধার); keenness (বুদ্ধির ধার); intelligence or wit; debt, loan (বাজারে অনেক ধার); credit (ধারে কেনা); concern, connection (ধার ধারা). ধার করা v. to borrow; to sharpen, to whet. ধার দেওয়া v. to lend; to sharpen, to whet. ধার ধারা v. to be indebted to, to have any concern with; to care for, to pay heed to. ধার হওয়া v. to be in debt. ধারে কেনা বা বেচা v. to buy or sell on credit. ধারে কেনা-বেচা buying and selling on credit. হয় ধারে কাটা নয় ভারে কাটা (fig.) to pass or be counted highly on account of merit or prestige and position or weight and importance. ধারে ডোবা v. to be deeply involved in debt, to be over head and ears in debt. 15)

(p. 532) dharmānuṣṭhāna performance of a religious or scriptural rite; rituals; practice of virtue; an act of piety. ধর্মানুষ্ঠাতা n. a performer of a rite; a ritualist; a virtuous or pious man. fem. ধর্মানুষ্ঠাত্রী । 24)

(p. 532) dharāṭa (comm.) discount. 13)

(p. 543) dhūmadgama discharge or emission of smoke, fume, gas etc. 33)

(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. 532) dharmōnmāda religious craze; fanaticism; a religious fanatic. 40)

(p. 532) dhā2 meaning: ways, means etc. fold (শতধা, বহুধা). 56)

(p. 542) dhun̐kani a spell of panting for breath; palpitation, throbbing. 13)

(p. 532) dharmādhyakṣa an official superintendent of matters concerning religion; a religious head; a chief justice. 23)

(p. 543) dhupaci an incense-burner, an incenser, a censer, a thurible, an incensory. 14)

(p. 531) dhanē coriander seed, coriander. 3)

(p. 532) dhātaba of or made of or caused by metal, metallic; mineral; (rare) concerning semen. ধাতব দ্যুতি metallic lustre. ধাতব প্রস্রবণ a mineral spring. ধাতব ব্যাধি a. disease or disorder of semen, spermatorrhoea; (loos.) gonorrhoea. 69)

(p. 545) dhrubā burden or refrain (of a song). 46)

(p. 543) dhunaci an incense burner, an incenser, a censer, a thurible. 4)

(p. 543) dhupa1 sunlight, the sun. 13)