(p. 480) daṃṣṭra a tooth (esp. a large or sharp one). দ্রংষ্ট্রা n. a claw or prong or fang (as of a crab or a lobster); a large (and usu. sharp) tooth (as of a dog or a fox); a sting (as of a mosquito or a gadfly). দ্রংষ্ট্রাঘাত n. a bite or a sting. দ্রংষ্ট্রায়ুধ n. a wild boar. দ্রংষ্ট্রাল, দ্রংষ্ট্রী a. having a claw or prong or fang or tooth or sting, clawed, pronged, fanged, toothed, stinged. 13)

(p. 517) daiba providence; destiny; luck, fate; a chance occurrence. a. pertaining to or caused by gods, divine, heavenly; providential; accidental; miraculous. ̃কর্ম n. rites performed to propitiate gods or deities; a religious rite. ̃ক্রমে, ̃গতিকে adv. by providence; by chance; accidentally, luckily; (rare) miraculously. ̃ঘটনা n. a providential incident; a chance occurrence; a miraculous incident; an accident. ̃জ্ঞ a. prescient. n. a diviner, a prognosticator, a soothsayer; a fortune teller, an astrologer. ̃দুর্ঘটনা n. a mishap, an accident. ̃দুর্বিপাক n. a misfortune, an unforeseen calamity or adversity. ̃দোষ n. misfortune, ill fate, ill luck. ̃দোষে adv. through ill luck. ̃ধন n. heaven-sent treasure; a treasure found by chance, a windfall; (loos.) a hidden treasure. ̃নির্দিষ্ট a. ordained by God; predestined, foreordained. ̃প্রেরিত a. heaven-sent. ̃বল same as দৈবশক্তি । ̃বশে same as দৈবক্রমে । ̃বাণী n. an oracle; a voice from heaven (conveying a divine message), the word of God, a revelation; a prophecy. ̃বিড়ম্বনা n. irony of fate; antipathy of fortune; misfortune. ̃যোগে same as দৈবক্রমে । ̃লব্ধ a. obtained by chance; god-gifted. ̃শক্তি n. divine power; godgifted power. ̃শক্তিসম্পন্ন a. endowed with god-gifted power. 49)

(p. 508) dūta a messenger; a courier; an envoy; an ambassador; an emissary; a harbinger, a forerunner; a go-between (esp. in an unlawful love-affair); a pander, a procurer, a male bawd; (now rare) a spy. fem. দূতী, দূতি (esp. in the sense of a bawd or panderess). দূতাবাস n. an ambassador's residence (and office), an embassy. দূতালি n. office of a messenger or courier or envoy or ambassador or emissary; forerunning; office of a go-between; bawdry; panderism; espionage. দূতিয়ালি, দূতীয়ালি, দূতিগিরি দূতীগিরি n. office of a bawd or panderess, bawdry. 77)

(p. 508) durbākya harsh words; discourteous words or language; revilement. 15)

(p. 500) dīrghāẏu long-lived. 46)

(p. 497) digantara the distance or space between two points of the compass or two directions; another direction or another point of the compass. দিগন্তরে adv. to or in another direction or another point of the compass, beyond this direction or point of the compass; beyond the horizon, in or to another region. দিগন্তরাল n. the space or distance between two quarters of the globe; the sky. দিগন্তরালে adv. beyond the horizon. 23)

(p. 522) draḍh়iṣṭha hardest; stiffest; toughest; most firm; steadiest; very hard or stiff or tough or firm or steady. fem. দ্রঢ়িষ্ঠা । 96)

(p. 500) diśi1 (ori.) to or towards a point of the compass. n. a point of the compass, a quarter or side. দিশি দিশি n. all quarters or sides. adv. to or towards or in all quarters or sides, everywhere. 18)

(p. 505) dupura midday, noon. দুপুর রাত midnight. দুপুর রাতে adv. at dead of night, far into the night. 11)

(p. 492) dān̐tana a twig used as a toothbrush (also দাঁতন-কাঠি). 6)

(p. 500) duḥ signifying: vile, wicked, bad, prohibited, inauspicious, distressing, sorrowful etc. (দুঃশীল, দুঃসময়, দুঃসংবাদ). 51)

(p. 508) dē2 form of দেওয়া (v.) used in familiarity or contempt. 104)

(p. 508) dulē one of a backward or depressed caste amongst the Hindus (usually employed as palanquin-carriers). fem. দুলেনি । 54)

(p. 507) durūha difficult, hard; stiff; incapable of being solved by arguments; difficult to know or cognize or comprehend; abstruse. ̃তা n. difficulty in understanding; stiffness; abstruseness. 10)

(p. 485) dambhī conceited, vainglorious, proud; boastful, braggart; arrogant, haughty. 13)