(p. 507) durgā Goddess Durga also called Shakti (শক্তি) or Force; the wife of Shiva (শিব)—she is the chief of female deities and a slayer of demons, and she presides over prosperity, victory, and fame of mankind. 17)

(p. 508) dēkhatā seen; occurring before one's eyes. adv. before one's eyes; contemporaneously. 118)

(p. 508) duhya fit to be milked (as a cow). ̃মানা a. fem. one who or that which is being milked. 76)

(p. 485) daśābatāra the ten incarnations of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু), namely, the Fish, the Tortoise, the Hog, the Man-Lion (that is, half man and half lion), the Dwarf, Parashuram (or the Axe-man), Rama (the hero of the Ramayana), Balaram or Krishna or Krishna and Balaram together (characters of the Mahabharata), Buddha, and Kalki (কল্কি). 76)

(p. 517) dēbōdyāna a heavenly garden, (cp. Eden, Paradise); a garden which is the seat of a deity, a holy garden. 7)

(p. 508) dūrbā grass. ̃দল n. a blade of grass. ̃দলশ্যাম n. grass-green, verdant green. 87)

(p. 495) dārōgā an inspector or sub-inspector or assistant sub-inspector of police. বড় দারোগা an inspector or sub-inspector in command of a police station, an officer-in-charge of a police station. ছোট দারোগা a sub-inspector (or an assistant sub-inspector of police) who is the second in command of a police station. 52)

(p. 492) dātā one who or that which gives away in charity or gives or pays or contributes or donates; munificent, charitable. n. a giver, a payer, a contributor, a donor; a charitable or munificent man. ̃কর্ণ n. (fig.) a person as boundlessly charitable or bountiful as Karna of the Mahabharata. 24)

(p. 508) dēdāra plentiful, abundant, profuse, a lot of; innumerable; immeasurable. 125)

(p. 480) -da3 indicating: one who or that which gives (সুখদ, জলদ). 3)

(p. 507) durghaṭa unlikely to happen; of rare occurrence. 23)

(p. 495) dāruṇa very great, intense, excessive; terrible (দারুণ ভয়); severe (দারুণ শীত); very high (দারুণ গাত্রতাপ); unbearable ('কান্ত পাহুন কাম দারুণ'); very hard or difficult (দারুণ সংকল্প); cruel (দারুণ অত্যাচার); cutting to the quick (দারুণ বাক্য); heart-rending (দারুণ শোক). adv. very (দারুণ ভালো). 48)

(p. 485) daśāśba one whose chariot is drawn by ten horses; an appellation of the moon. দশাশ্বমেধ n. ten performances (usu. by one devotee) of the horse-sacrifice. 78)

(p. 507) durghaṭanā a mishap; an accident; (loos.) a calamitous incident, a calamity. 24)

(p. 508) durbaha hard to carry or bear; heavy; hard to endure or suffer. 13)