(p. 517) dēẏāsini a votaress or female worshipper; a nun; a woman versed in mystic incantations. 18)

(p. 508) dēdō stricken with ring worm. 127)

(p. 495) dārḍhya firmness; steadiness; unyieldingness; hardness; stiffness; strictness.

(p. 500) dīrṇa split, cleft, rent, broken, torn; (fig.) afflicted. 48)

(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. 497) digdiganta all quarters or directions of the globe; all regions or places. দিগ্দিগন্তর n. different quarters or directions of the globe; different regions or places. দিগ্দিগন্তে, দিগ্দিগন্তরে adv. everywhere, far and near, far and wide. 21)

(p. 495) dāba2 a forest (দাবানল) a forest-fire (দাবদাহ); fire, heat. 6)

(p. 508) dēbādidēba the supreme god, the chief of gods; an appellation of Shiva (শিব), Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) and Brahma (ব্রহ্মা). 137)

(p. 522) draba liquid, fluid; liquefied, melted. n. (chem.) a liquid solution, a solution. গাঢ় দ্রব concentrated solution. দ্রব করা v. to liquefy; to melt; to dissolve or solve. দ্রব হওয়া v. to be liquefied or melted, to liquefy or melt; to be dissolved or solved. দ্রবণ n. liquefaction; melting; (chem.) dissolution or solution. দ্রবণশীল a. disposed to be liquefied or melted or solved; liquefiable; (chem.) soluble. দ্রবনাঙ্ক n. melting-point. দ্রবণীয় a. liquefiable; (chem.) soluble. দ্রবনীয়তা n. solubility. দ্রবীকরণ same as দ্রবণ । দ্রবীকৃত a. liquefied, melted; (chem.) dissolved or solved. দ্রবীভবন n. act of melting; act of being liquefied or dissolved or solved. দ্রবীভূত a. liquefied; melted; (chem.) dissolved or solved. 99)

(p. 480) da1 the eighteenth consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

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

(p. 495) dāra1 (usu. in comp.) a wife. ̃কর্ম ̃গ্রহণ, ̃পরিগ্রহ n. act of taking a wife, marriage or wedding (of a man). 40)

(p. 485) dara1 hole, a pit; a crevice (of a mountain); fear, dread, terror; a quake, a shake; a stream; an exudation. adv. a little, slightly. 18)

(p. 495) dābābōḍ়ē (the game of) chess; a chessboard and chessmen. 16)

(p. 500) dīpana radiation; illumination; act of inflaming; act of enkindling or lighting; enlightenment; act of inspiring or rousing, excitation; revelation, display, exhibition; effulgence; beautification, embellishment. a. same as দীপক । ̃মাত্রা n. (phys.) intensity of illumination. ̃শক্তি n. (phys.) illuminating power. 28)