(p. 497) diggaja (myth.) any one of the eight celestial elephants guarding the quarters of the globe; (chiefly iron.) a very erudite or prominent or capable man; a portentous idiot. a. (chiefly iron.) very erudite or vastly learned or prominent or capable (দিগ্গজ পন্ডিত, দিগ্গজ উকিল, দিগ্গজ ছেলে). 18)

(p. 517) dēśōẏāli a rustic; a co-villager; an upcountryman. দেশোয়ালি ভাই (ridi.) a country cousin; a person hailing from the same country or region. 30)

(p. 485) daśērā a feast (held by non-Bengalis) on the day of immersion of the image of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). 82)

(p. 507) durgēśa a governor or captain or master or owner of a fort; a castellan. ̃নন্দিনী n. a castellan's daughter. 20)

(p. 480) dakṣa1 (myth.) the name of a divine being entrusted formerly with the charge of creation of earthly beings; the father of Sati (সতী), the wife of Shiva (শিব), ̃কন্যা n. Sati (সতী), the wife of Shiva (শিব). ̃যজ্ঞ n. (myth.) a religious feast held by Daksha (দক্ষ) in which Shiva (শিব) was not invited and was publicly abused or censured and Sati (সতী), the wife of Shiva, unable to stand this, died of grief. Shiva came with his followers to the feast, spoilt it and killed Daksha; (fig.) tremendous turmoil; utter confusion, pandemonium. 15)

(p. 517) dōẏā2 (Mus.) blessing, grace. 78)

(p. 517) dēha the body; physique; a corpse. দেহ মাটি করা v. (fig.) to ruin one's health. ̃কোষ n. the skin; the cell of the body; (loos.) a blood-cell or blood-vessel. ̃ক্ষয় n. waste or decay of the body; deterioration or break-down of health; death. দেহক্ষয় করা v. to ruin one's health (esp. by hard toil). চর্যা n. care of the body or physique; physical exercise. ̃জ, ̃জাত a. born or produced out of a body; bodily (দেহজ মল). n. a son. n. fem. ̃জা a daughter. ̃তত্ত্ব n. physiology; anatomy; the doctrine that the body is the seat of all truths. ̃তত্ত্বজ্ঞ a. versed in physiology or anatomy or in the aforesaid doctrine. ̃ত্যাগ n. death, act of giving up the ghost. দেহত্যাগ করা v. to die, to give up the ghost. ̃ধারণ n. act of assuming a body; act of taking one's birth; incarnation; subsistence (দেহধারণের ব্যয়). দেহধারণ করা v. to assume a body; to take one's birth; to assume an incarnate body or to take one's birth as an incarnation; to subsist (upon). ̃ধারী a. corporeal; bodied; incarnate. ̃পাত same as দেহক্ষয় । দেহপাত করা v. same as দেহক্ষয় করা । ̃পিঞ্জর n. the body conceived as a cage for the spirit. ̃পুষ্টি n. nourishment of the body. ̃ভৃত্ n. an embodied soul; a living being, a creature. ̃যষ্টি n. the body, conceived as an upright stick, the body, the frame. ̃যাত্রা n. subsistence. ̃রক্ষা n. death. দেহরক্ষা করা v. to die, to breathe one's last, to give up the ghost. ̃রক্ষী n. a body-guard. ̃সার n. marrow. ̃সৌন্দর্য, ̃সৌষ্ঠব n. the beauty or grace of the body, bodily grace. 31)

(p. 505) duẏāra a door, a gate. দুয়ারি n. a doorkeeper, a gateman. দুয়ারে বাঁধা হাতি (lit.) keeping or owning an elephant; (fig.) exceptionally affluent or wealthy. 15)

(p. 485) daruda an appellation of reverence and obeisance to a Mohammedan saint. 47)

(p. 499) dighi a large and deep tank or pond. 5)

(p. 508) duṣprabēśya, duṣprabēśa difficult to enter or penetrate. 71)

(p. 522) drāghiṣṭa longest; extremely long. 105)

(p. 508) durbiṣaha hard to endure or suffer; unendurable, unbearable, insufferable. 22)

(p. 508) dūrāgata one who or that which is coming or has come from a distance. 79)

(p. 500) dīkṣā admission with rite (as to a religious practice or order, a secret society etc.), initiation; employment in service of some sacred cause (স্বাধীনতার মন্ত্রে দীক্ষা); an instruction or teaching; a sacrament; an inspiration; (dero.) an instigation. দীক্ষা দেওয়া v. to initiate; to convert (মুসলমানধর্মে দীক্ষা দেওয়া); to baptize (খ্রিস্টধর্মে দীক্ষা নেওয়া); to teach, to indoctrinate (into a subject); to employ. দীক্ষা পাওয়া, দীক্ষা নেওয়া v. to be initiated; to be converted; to be baptized; to be taught or indoctrinated, to learn; to be employed. ̃গুরু n. an initiator; a guru or preceptor who has initiated. ̃গ্রহণ n. act of receiving initiation. দীক্ষা গ্রহণ করা v. to be initiated. ̃মন্ত্র n. a mysterious formula that a person is taught at initiation. 21)