(p. 480) dakṣa2 expert, skilful, adroit; clever; competent. fem. দক্ষা । ̃তা n. expertness, skill, adroitness; cleverness; competence. 16)

(p. 480) dakṣiṇa the south; the right hand side, the right. a. southern, south; Antarctic; dexter, right (দক্ষিণ হস্ত); favourable, pleased, graceful (রুদ্রের দক্ষিণ মুখ); (rhet.) a gallant who can love several women equally at the same time. অয়নান্ত n. winter solstice. ̃কালিকা, দক্ষিণাকালী n. a manifestation of Goddess Kali (কালী). ̃পন্হী a. rightist. n. a rightist in politics. দক্ষিণ-পশ্চিম n. & a. south-west. □ a. south-western. দক্ষিণ-পূর্ব n. & a. south-east. □ a. southeastern. ̃মেরু n. the South Pole. ̃মেরু অঞ্চল the Antarctic. ̃হস্ত n. the right hand; (fig.) the principal support or helper, one's right-hand man. দক্ষিণহস্তের ব্যাপার the affair or business of taking one's meal, eating. 17)

(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. 495) dāminī lightning. 24)

(p. 500) dui two. a. & pro. both (দুই-ই খারাপ). দুই-এক a. one or two; a few. 50)

(p. 522) drauṇi a son of Drona (দ্রোণ) the master archer of the Mahabharata. 116)

(p. 495) dāmi costly, expensive, valuable. 23)

(p. 497) dika2 any one of the ten quarters of the globe; a point of the compass (উত্তর দিক); a direction (বাড়ির দিক); an end or side (চার দিক); a part or portion. (বাড়ির ভিতরের দিক); a region or quarters (এ দিকে কেউ আসেনি); an extremity or end or side (ভারতের তিন দিকে সমুদ্র); a party or side (তিনি আমার দিকে). দিকে দিকে in all directions; everywhere. দশ দিক n. north, north-east, east, southeast, south, south-west, west, northwest, above, under; these ten quarters of the globe collectively. ̃চক্র, ̃চক্রবাল n. the horizon. ̃পতি, ̃পাল n. any one of the deities presiding over the ten quarters of the globe; (fig.) a very powerful and prominent man. ̃শূল n. (astrol.) a day extremely unfavourable to a journey in a particular direction. ̃স্হিতি n. (bot.) orientation. 16)

(p. 500) dīpādhāra a lampstand, a lampad. 31)

(p. 495) dāmpatya conjugal, nuptial. n. conjugal relation, conjugality; conjugal love. ̃প্রণয়, ̃প্রেম n. mutual love between husband and wife, conjugal love. 25)

(p. 500) diẏā2 lamp, light (দিয়া জ্বালাও). 12)

(p. 485) darbha a generic name for different species of small grass. ̃ময় a. grassy; made of grass. দর্ভাসন n. a grass mat for sitting upon. 54)

(p. 492) dāpaka one who or that which causes to give. 51)

(p. 492) dāgā3 an emotional shock or distress or affliction (মনে দাগা পাওয়া); treachery or deception (দাগাবাজ); a specimen script for tracing to practise handwriting. দাগা বোলানো v. to practise handwriting by tracing on a specimen script. ̃দার a. one who harms or shocks; treacherous. ̃দারি n. act of harming or giving emotional shocks; treachery. ̃বাজ a. treacherous; deceitful; fraudulent. ̃বাজি n. treachery; deception; fraudulence. দাগাবাজি করা v. to practise treachery or deception or fraud. 18)

(p. 480) dakṣiṇarāẏa the presiding tiger-deity of the Sundarbans. 18)