(p. 492) dānaba (myth.) any one of the giants hostile to gods, (cp.) a Titan; a demon; a monster; an evil spirit, a devil. fem. দানবী a giantess, a demoness. ̃দলনী n. fem. a vanquisher of demons: an appellation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). দানবারি n. (lit.) an enemy of demons; a god; an appellation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). দানবিক, দানবীয় a. demoniac(al); devilish, diabolical, gigantic. 41)

(p. 492) dāna2 act of giving; act of giving away; bestowal; award; charitable giving or distribution (অন্নদান); act of giving in marriage (কন্যাদান); offering, sacrifice, dedication (পরার্থে জীবনদান); contribution; a gift or a charitable gift (মহামূল্য দান); an offering, a sacrifice; a donation; a throw or cast (at dice. etc.); a turn (for doing something). দান করা v. to give; to give away; to give or distribute in charity; to donate, to contribute; to bestow; to confer; to award; to give in marriage; to offer, to sacrifice; to dedicate. ̃কর্ম, ̃কার্য n. practice of charity; act or instance of charity. ̃কাতর, ̃কুন্ঠ a. slow or unwilling to give, not charitable; miserly, parsimonious, stingy, close-fisted, niggardly. ̃খয়রাত n. bounty, charity; charitable deeds; act or practice of charity. ̃ধর্ম n. the virtue of charity. ̃ধ্যান n. charity and religious meditation. ̃পত্র n. a deed of gift. ̃বীর a. & n. one who is extremely (lit. heroically) bountiful. ˜যোগ্য a. worthy of being given. ̃শীল a. bountiful, munificent, charitable, generous. ̃শীলতা n. bounty, munificence, charity; generosity. ̃শৌন্ড same as দানবীর । ̃সজ্জা n. (in a wedding) display of gifts given to the bride and the bridegroom. ̃সত্র n. an almshouse; a charitable institution. ̃সাগর n. sixteen sets of gifts given in a sraddha (শ্রাদ্ধ) ceremony. ̃সামগ্রী n. an article of gift (esp. one given to the bride or bridegroom at a wedding). যেমন দান তেমনি দক্ষিণা (fig.) a niggardly master will have a lazy servant. 40)

(p. 572) nidāna the root cause (দুঃখের নিদান); the final cause (সৃষ্টির নিদান); determination of the cause or symptoms of a disease; (med.) aetiology. a. final, last, ultimate; dying. ̃কাল n. the time of death, the dying moments, the last moments. ̃বিদ্যা n. (med.) aetiology; diagnostics; (rare.) the philosophy of causation. ̃শালা n. (med.) a clinic. ̃শাস্ত্র same as নিদানবিদ্যা । নিদানিক a. (med.) aetiological or clinical (নিদানিক ভেষজ). 17)

(p. 755) bijaẏa victory, triumph; conquest (ভারতবিজয়); subdual or vanquishment (দানববিজয়); success (কর্মে বিজয়লাভ); (obs.) act of going. ̃অভিযান n. a march for victory, a march for conquests; a victory march. ̃কেতন n. the banner of victory. ̃গর্ব n. pride of victory. ̃দৃপ্ত a. proud of victory, flushed with victory; triumphant. ̃লক্ষী n. the goddess of victory (cp. Minerva). বিজয়লাভ করা v. to be victorious or successful. ̃স্তম্ভ n. monument commemorating a victory, a victory pillar or column. বিজয়া n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); a female companion of Durga; the day on which the image of Durga is immersed (usu. বিজয়াদশমী). বিজয়া সংগীত n. any one of the songs about Durga's going to her husband's house leaving her paternal home. বিজয়ী a. victorious, triumphant; conquering; vanquishing. n. a victor; a conqueror; a vanquisher. fem. বিজয়িনী । বিজয়োত্সব n. celebration of victory; exultation for victory or success, triumph. বিজয়োত্সব করা v. to celebrate a victory. বিজয়োন্মত্ত a. beside oneself with joy for victory or success, madly rejoicing on account of victory or success. বিজয়োল্লসিত a. triumphant, exultant. বিজয়োল্লাস n. exultation for victory or success, triumph. 14)