(p. 497) dāsa a servant, an attendant; a slave (দাসব্যবসায়); a fisherman by caste (দাসজাতি); a Shudra (শূদ্র); a nonAryan; a victim or a minion (অবস্হার দাস); a humble man or a dependant (হুজুর দাসের প্রতি দয়া করুন) fem দাসী । ̃খত n. a written bond of slavery. ̃ত্ব n. servitude; slavery; state of being a victim, bondage, dependence. দাসত্ব করা v. to be slave of, to serve as a slave. ̃ত্ব প্রথা n. the institution of ownership of slaves, slavery. দাসত্ববন্ধন, দাসত্বশৃঙ্খলা n. the bonds of slavery. দাসত্বশৃঙ্খল মোচন n. emancipation or freedom from bondage. দাসত্ববৃত্তি n. slavery. দাসত্বে আবদ্ধ enslaved, in bondage. ̃দাসী n. pl. servants male and female, man-servants and maid-servants. ̃প্রথা same as দাসত্বপ্রথা । ̃ব্যবসায় n. slave-trade. ̃মনোবৃত্তি, ̃মনোভাব n. slave mentality; servility. দাসানুদাস n. a slave of one's slave, a very humble servant or dependant. দাসীপুত্র n. one's son born of his maid-servant; an illegitimate son. দাসীবৃত্তি, দাসীত্ব n. profession of or service as a maid or maid-servant. 9)

(p. 522) drāba act of melting, liquefaction, dissolution or solution. দ্রাবক a. solvent; corrosive. n. a solvent; an acid (গন্ধক দ্রাবক = nitric acid, যবক্ষার দ্রাবক = sulphuric acid). দ্রাবণ n. melting, liquefaction, dissolution or solution. দ্রাবিত a. melted, liquefied, dissolved or solved. 108)

(p. 485) dastaka a summons, a warrant; a permit; a warrant of distress or arrest. 84)

(p. 517) daibī of দৈব । ̃শক্তি same as দৈবশক্তি and দৈববল । 55)

(p. 500) dīpya worthy of being lighted or enkindled; illuminable; worthy of being revealed. ̃মান a. shining, glowing; radiant, luminous; bright, lustrous, sparkling, resplendent; in the state of being revealed; revealed. 39)

(p. 508) duṣpāṭhya hard to read. 69)

(p. 485) daśānana a ten-headed being; one of the names of Ravana of the Ramayana. 75)

(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. 485) dām̐ō an opportunity, a chance (দাঁও পাওয়া); a fluke; a fat bargain made in a fluke (দাঁও মারা). দাঁও মারা v. to make a fat bargain in a fluke. 107)

(p. 508) dūrēkṣaṇa television. 86)

(p. 499) didi an elder sister or cousin (sister); (in courteous or affectionate address) a lady, a woman, a girl; (in affection) a grandmother or granddaughter. ̃ঠাকুরানি n. (chiefly joc.) a lady, a woman, a girl (esp. of the Brahmin caste). ̃মা n. a maternal (also paternal) grandmother or grand aunt. 12)

(p. 517) daibānugraha grace of God; divine favour. দৈবানুগ্রহে adv. by Gods' grace, through the grace of God. 54)

(p. 497) dāsta evacuation of the bowels, motion purgation; faeces, stool; loose motion; diarrhoea. 11)

(p. 517) dēhī corporeal, bodied; material. 43)

(p. 522) dbāṣaṣṭi sixty-two. ̃তম a. sixty-second. fem. ̃তমী । 50)